and likewise His statement:
"We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, but they differed about it; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from your Lord, judgement would have been passed between them. Yet they remain in disturbing doubt about it." (Quran, Hud 11:110)

and His statement:
"Thus the Word of your Lord has proven true against those who disbelieve: they are the people of the Fire." (Quran, Ghafir 40:6)

and His statement:
"They did not split apart until after knowledge had come to them, out of mutual envy; and had it not been for a Word already decreed by your Lord for a stated term, their case would have been decided between them." (Quran, Ash-Shura 42:14)

and His statement:
"If We had so willed, We could have given every soul its guidance; but My Word has come true: ‘I shall surely fill Hell with jinn and humans all together.’" (Quran, As-Sajdah 32:13)

In the language of the Arabs, a kalima (word) is any meaningful sentence—whether nominal or verbal; it is a complete utterance. The same applies to kalam, which for them denotes a fully formed sentence.

Sibawayh said: "Know that they report with the term qawl (saying) whatever constitutes kalam (speech), but they do not report with it what is merely qawl (a saying); however, the grammarians have agreed to call"