Kalam

The triliteral root qāf lām mīm occurs in the Quran 4 times.

(31:27) If all the trees on the earth were made into pens (Arab. أَقْلَامٌ, aqlāmun), and the sea (of ink) were supplied by seven more seas, words of God would not run out. God is Noble, Wise.

(68:1) Nun, and the Philosophy (Arab. وَالْقَلَمِ, wal-qalami), and miths they (making).

Etymology

From the root qāf lām mīm (ك ل م‎) in its original sense, "to use one's jaw", "to bite", "to chew". Compare Akkadian (kalmatu, "insect, bug"). Sanskrit (कलम kalama, "reed", "pen", as well as the type of rice)