The Holy Quran 31:27 — Surah Luqman

Arabic text

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

Translation

If all the trees on earth were (made into) pens and (if) the ocean (all the oceans on earth) was supplemented (after being used) by another seven oceans, (and they were all turned into ink for these pens and all were used to write down) Allaah's words (His attributes, favours, praises, knowledge, etc, these "words") will never be exhausted (even though all the ink and pens are used up). Verily Allaah is Mighty, the Wise.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The words of Allah are infinite: that is, if all the trees of the world were cut and made into pens, and ink were prepared from the present ocean, and then seven more oceans came after it as its reinforcement, and, suppose, the whole creation began to write, each according to its capacity, even then they could not finish writing down those words that…

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