Study Mode · Ayah 16:40
Surah An-Nahl · 16:40
إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَيْءٍ إِذَا أَرَدْنَاهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Innamaa qawlunaa lisha y'in izaa aradnaahu an naqoola lahoo kun fa yakoon
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English translations
Saheeh International
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.
Yusuf Ali
For to anything which We have willed, We but say the word, "Be", and it is.
Pickthall
And Our word unto a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: Be! and it is.