سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 109
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ ٱلْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَـٰتِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَ ٱلْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَـٰتُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِۦ مَدَدًا ﴿109﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to mankind): "If the sea were ink for (writing) the Words of my Lord, surely, the sea would be exhausted before the Words of my Lord would be finished, even if We brought (another sea) like it for its aid."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُل
qul
Say
لَّوْ
law
If
كَانَ
kāna
were
ٱلْبَحْرُ
l-baḥru
the sea
مِدَادًۭا
midādan
ink
لِّكَلِمَـٰتِ
likalimāti
for (the) Words
رَبِّى
rabbī
(of) my Lord
لَنَفِدَ
lanafida
surely (would be) exhausted
ٱلْبَحْرُ
l-baḥru
the sea
قَبْلَ
qabla
before
أَن
an
[that]
تَنفَدَ
tanfada
(were) exhausted
كَلِمَـٰتُ
kalimātu
(the) Words
رَبِّى
rabbī
(of) my Lord
وَلَوْ
walaw
even if
جِئْنَا
ji'nā
We brought
بِمِثْلِهِۦ
bimith'lihi
(the) like (of) it
مَدَدًۭا
madadan
(as) a supplement
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
19. 1. By "کَلِمَاَت" is meant Allah's all-encompassing knowledge, His wisdoms, and those proofs and evidences which indicate His oneness. Human intellects cannot encompass all of these, and if all the trees in the world were to become pens and all the seas, and even more seas like them, were to become ink, the pens would wear out and the ink would be exhausted, but the words of the Lord and His wisdoms could not be recorded.
