Quran 18:109 — Al-Kahf, verse 109
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا
qul law kāna l-baḥru midādan likalimāti rabbī lanafida l-baḥru qabla an tanfada kalimātu rabbī walaw ji'nā bimith'lihi madadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say:. 'If the sea were ink for the Words of my Lord, the sea would be spent before the Words of my Lord are spent, though We brought replenishment the like of it.'
- Muhammad Asad
- SAY: "If all the sea were ink for my Sustainer's words, the sea would indeed be exhausted ere my Sustainer's words are exhausted! And [thus it would be] if we were to add to it sea upon sea."
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّوْlaw | If | — |
| 3 | كَانَkāna | were | كون |
| 4 | ٱلْبَحْرُl-baḥru | the sea | بحر |
| 5 | مِدَادًۭاmidādan | ink | مدد |
| 6 | لِّكَلِمَـٰتِlikalimāti | for (the) Words | كلم |
| 7 | رَبِّىrabbī | (of) my Lord | ربب |
| 8 | لَنَفِدَlanafida | surely (would be) exhausted | نفد |
| 9 | ٱلْبَحْرُl-baḥru | the sea | بحر |
| 10 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 11 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 12 | تَنفَدَtanfada | (were) exhausted | نفد |
| 13 | كَلِمَـٰتُkalimātu | (the) Words | كلم |
| 14 | رَبِّىrabbī | (of) my Lord | ربب |
| 15 | وَلَوْwalaw | even if | — |
| 16 | جِئْنَاji'nā | We brought | جيأ |
| 17 | بِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihi | (the) like (of) it | مثل |
| 18 | مَدَدًۭاmadadan | (as) a supplement | مدد |