Quran 31:27 — Luqman, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ 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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Though all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea-seven seas after it to replenish it, yet would the Words of God not be spent. God is All-mighty, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if all the trees on earth were pens, and the sea [were] ink, with seven [morel seas yet added to it, the words of God would not be exhausted: for, verily, God is almighty, wise.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | أَنَّمَاannamā | whatever | — |
| 3 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 5 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 6 | شَجَرَةٍshajaratin | (the) trees | شجر |
| 7 | أَقْلَـٰمٌۭaqlāmun | (were) pens | قلم |
| 8 | وَٱلْبَحْرُwal-baḥru | and the sea | بحر |
| 9 | يَمُدُّهُۥyamudduhu | (to) add to it | مدد |
| 10 | مِنۢmin | after it | — |
| 11 | بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihi | after it | بعد |
| 12 | سَبْعَةُsabʿatu | seven | سبع |
| 13 | أَبْحُرٍۢabḥurin | seas | بحر |
| 14 | مَّاmā | not | — |
| 15 | نَفِدَتْnafidat | would be exhausted | نفد |
| 16 | كَلِمَـٰتُkalimātu | (the) Words | كلم |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 18 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 19 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 20 | عَزِيزٌʿazīzun | (is) All-Mighty | عزز |
| 21 | حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |