Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And if all the trees on earth were pens"
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Question:
This person is asking about the meaning of the noble verse in His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Luqman 31:27].
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2](peace and blessings be upon him) and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) informs us in this noble verse about His cosmic speech, by which He commands and forbids the created beings.[Ya-Sin 36:82] The words of Allah regarding the cosmic order are inexhaustible, whereas the verses of Allah in the Qur'an are known. The words of the Noble Qur'an, as well as those in the Torah, the Gospel, and the revealed revelation, are known from their sources. However, His cosmic words, by which He commands and forbids the created beings, are beyond count. Say, "Even if all the trees on earth were pens, and the sea were replenished by seven seas behind it, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might, Wise." Yes.[Al-Kahf 18:109] Even if all the trees on earth were pens, and the sea were replenished by seven seas behind it, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might, Wise. Yes.
This person is asking about the meaning of the noble verse in His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He:
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.
فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌAnswer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَHis command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُSay, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7470 — youtube.com (1:00)
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