إِنَّمَا قَوۡلُنَا لِشَيۡءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدۡنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٤٠
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
- قَوۡلُنَاOur Wordqawlunā
- لِشَيۡءٍto a thinglishayin
- إِذَآwhenidhā
- أَرَدۡنَٰهُWe intend itaradnāhu
- أَن(is) thatan
- نَّقُولَWe saynaqūla
- لَهُۥto itlahu
- كُنBekun
- فَيَكُونُand it isfayakūnu
Tafsir
Indeed when I want to bring the dead to life and ressurect them then there will be nothing to prevent Me from doing so. When We will something to happen, all that We say is, ‘Be,’ and it definitely becomes.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran