The Holy Quran 18:109 — Surah Al-Kahf

Arabic text

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

Translation

Say, "If the ocean was ink for the words (attributes, excellence, powers) of my Rabb (to be written), the ocean (of ink) would be finished before the words of my Rabb can end (before all can be written), even if We supplement it (the ocean of ink) with a like amount of ink (with another ocean of ink)." (See also verse 27 of Surah 31.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The words of Allah are countless: at the prompting of the Jews, the Quraysh had asked about the spirit, the People of the Cave and Dhu al-Qarnayn. At the beginning of this surah [Allah] related the story of “the People of the Cave”, and at the end the story of Dhu al-Qarnayn, to the extent that it concerned the purpose of the Quran, and about the spirit He…

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