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Al-Kahf 109

Ayah 109 of 110 · Meccan

قُل لَّوۡ كَانَ ٱلۡبَحۡرُ مِدَادٗا لِّكَلِمَٰتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ ٱلۡبَحۡرُ قَبۡلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَٰتُ رَبِّي وَلَوۡ جِئۡنَا بِمِثۡلِهِۦ مَدَدٗا ١٠٩

Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words1 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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The words of Allāh's unlimited knowledge or words describing His attributes and His grandeur or praise of Him (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّوۡIflaw
  3. كَانَwerekāna
  4. ٱلۡبَحۡرُthe seal-baḥru
  5. مِدَادٗاinkmidādan
  6. لِّكَلِمَٰتِfor (the) Wordslikalimāti
  7. رَبِّي(of) my Lordrabbī
  8. لَنَفِدَsurely (would be) exhaustedlanafida
  9. ٱلۡبَحۡرُthe seal-baḥru
  10. قَبۡلَbeforeqabla
  11. أَن[that]an
  12. تَنفَدَ(were) exhaustedtanfada
  13. كَلِمَٰتُ(the) Wordskalimātu
  14. رَبِّي(of) my Lordrabbī
  15. وَلَوۡeven ifwalaw
  16. جِئۡنَاWe broughtji'nā
  17. بِمِثۡلِهِۦ(the) like (of) itbimith'lihi
  18. مَدَدٗا(as) a supplementmadadan

Tafsir

Say - O Messenger: the words of my Lord are many. If the ocean were to be ink to write them with, the ocean water would finish before His words come to an end, and if I were to bring more oceans they would also finish.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran