Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:109

18:109

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ ٱلْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَـٰتِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَ ٱلْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَـٰتُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِۦ مَدَدًا

qul law kāna l-baḥru midādan likalimāti rabbī lanafida l-baḥru qabla an tanfada kalimātu rabbī walaw ji'nā bimith'lihi madadan

Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it in [continual] supplement."

— Saheeh International

Say [Prophet], ‘If the whole ocean were ink for writing the words of my Lord, it would run dry before those words were exhausted’- even if We were to add another ocean to it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to mankind): "If the sea were ink for (writing) the Words of my Lord, surely, the sea would be exhausted before the Words of my Lord would be finished, even if We brought (another sea) like it for its aid."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لَّوْlawIf
كَانَkānawere
ٱلْبَحْرُl-baḥruthe sea
مِدَادًۭاmidādanink
لِّكَلِمَـٰتِlikalimātifor (the) Words
رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
لَنَفِدَlanafidasurely (would be) exhausted
ٱلْبَحْرُl-baḥruthe sea
قَبْلَqablabefore
أَنan[that]
تَنفَدَtanfada(were) exhausted
كَلِمَـٰتُkalimātu(the) Words
رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
وَلَوْwalaweven if
جِئْنَاji'nāWe brought
بِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihi(the) like (of) it
مَدَدًۭاmadadan(as) a supplement