Al-Kahf 18:109 قل لو كان البحر مدادا لكلمات ربي لنفد البحر قبل ان تنفد كلمات ربي ولو جينا بمثله مددا ١٠٩
قُل
لَّوۡ
كَانَ
ٱلۡبَحۡرُ
مِدَادٗا
لِّكَلِمَٰتِ
رَبِّي
لَنَفِدَ
ٱلۡبَحۡرُ
قَبۡلَ
أَن
تَنفَدَ
كَلِمَٰتُ
رَبِّي
وَلَوۡ
جِئۡنَا
بِمِثۡلِهِۦ
مَدَدٗا
١٠٩
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If the ocean were ink for ˹writing˺ the Words of my Lord, it would certainly run out before the Words of my Lord were finished, even if We refilled it with its equal.”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Words of the Lord can never be finished
Allah says: `Say, O Muhammad, if the water of the sea were ink for a pen to write down the words, wisdom and signs of Allah, the sea would run dry before it all could be written down.
وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ
(even if We brought like it) means, another sea,
…The Words of the Lord can never be finished
Allah says: `Say, O Muhammad, if the water of the sea were ink for a pen to write down the words, wisdom an
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