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Surah 31. Luqman, Ayah 27

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وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَـٰمٌ وَٱلْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
Walaw annam a fee alar d i min shajaratin aql a mun wa a lba h ru yamudduhu min baAAdihi sabAAatu ab h urin m a nafidat kalim a tu All a hi inna All a ha AAazeezun h akeem un
And if all the trees on earth were pens, and the sea [were] ink, with seven [more] seas yet24 added to it, the words of God would not be exhausted: for, verily, God is almighty, wise.25
  - Mohammad Asad

Lit., "after that".

Cf. a similar passage in 18:109 .

If all the trees on earth were pens, and the ocean were ink, replenished by seven more oceans, the writing of Allah's Words (His wonderful signs and creations) would not be exhausted; surely Allah is Mighty Wise.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
If all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean 'were ink', refilled by seven other oceans, the Words of Allah would not be exhausted. Surely Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.
  - Mustafa Khattab
And if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea, with seven more seas to help it, (were ink), the words of Allah could not be exhausted. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And if all the trees on earth were pens and the Ocean (were ink) with seven Oceans behind it to add to its (supply) yet would not the Words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing): for Allah is Exalted in power Full of Wisdom. 3616
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Words of Allah": his wonderful Signs and Commandments are infinite and cannot be expressed if all the trees were made into pens, and all the wide Ocean, multiplied seven times, were made into ink. Any Book of His Revelation would deal with matters which man can understand and use in his life: there are things that man can never fathom. Nor would any praise that we could write with infinite resources be adequate to describe His power, glory, and wisdom.

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