إِنَّمَآ أَمۡرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيۡـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٨٢
His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّمَآOnlyinnamā
- أَمۡرُهُۥٓHis Commandamruhu
- إِذَآwhenidhā
- أَرَادَHe intendsarāda
- شَيۡـًٔاa thingshayan
- أَنthatan
- يَقُولَHe saysyaqūla
- لَهُۥto itlahu
- كُنBekun
- فَيَكُونُand it isfayakūnu
Tafsir
The authority and prestige of Allah is such that when He intends to create something, all He says to it is “Be!” and so it happens as He intends it. His intending to give life, cause death, and resurrect is also like that.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran