Surah Luqman (لقمان) • Luqman

Quran 31:27

31:27

وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَـٰمٌ وَٱلْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

walaw annamā fī l-arḍi min shajaratin aqlāmun wal-baḥru yamudduhu min baʿdihi sabʿatu abḥurin mā nafidat kalimātu l-lahi inna l-laha ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allāh would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

— Saheeh International

If all the trees on earth were pens and all the seas, with seven more seas besides, [were ink,] still God’s words would not run out: God is almighty and all wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if all the trees on the earth were pens and the sea (were ink wherewith to write), with seven seas behind it to add to its (supply), yet the Words of Allâh would not be exhausted. Verily, Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَنَّمَاannamāwhatever
فِىfī(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
مِنminof
شَجَرَةٍshajaratin(the) trees
أَقْلَـٰمٌۭaqlāmun(were) pens
وَٱلْبَحْرُwal-baḥruand the sea
يَمُدُّهُۥyamudduhu(to) add to it
مِنۢminafter it
بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter it
سَبْعَةُsabʿatuseven
أَبْحُرٍۢabḥurinseas
مَّاmānot
نَفِدَتْnafidatwould be exhausted
كَلِمَـٰتُkalimātu(the) Words
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise