Surah Luqman 31:27 — translation and meaning

لقمان · Verse 27 / 34 · Page 413

ۗ وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

Word by Word

ۗ
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
أَنَّمَا
annama
whatever
فِي
fi
(is) in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
مِن
min
of
شَجَرَةٍ
shajaratin
(the) trees
أَقْلَامٌ
aqlamun
(were) pens
وَالْبَحْرُ
wal-bahru
and the sea
يَمُدُّهُ
yamudduhu
(to) add to it
مِن
min
after it
بَعْدِهِ
ba'dihi
after it
سَبْعَةُ
sab'atu
seven
أَبْحُرٍ
abhurin
seas
مَّا
ma
not
نَفِدَتْ
nafidat
would be exhausted
كَلِمَاتُ
kalimatu
(the) Words
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
عَزِيزٌ
azizun
(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌ
hakimun
All-Wise

Transliteration

Wa law annamaa fil ardi min shajaratin aqlaamunw wal bahru yamudduhoo mim ba'dihee sab'atu abhurim maa nafidat Kalimaatul laah; innal laaha 'azeezun Hakeem

Translation

And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

If all the trees on Earth were to be cut and made into pens, and the seas multiplied by seven and turned into ink, the Words of Allah would not finish due to their being infinite. Indeed, Allah is the Almighty whom none can overcome; the Wise in His creation and decree.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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