An-Nahl 16:40
The Bee · ayah 40 of 128
إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَىْءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدْنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Innama qawluna lishay-inithaaradnahu an naqoola lahu kun fayakoon
"Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"When We will something to happen, all that We say is, ‘Be,’ and it is."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And Our word unto a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: Be! and it is."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"For to anything which We have willed, We but say the word, "Be", and it is."