هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٦٨
He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- هُوَHehuwa
- ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
- يُحۡيِۦgives lifeyuḥ'yī
- وَيُمِيتُۖand causes deathwayumītu
- فَإِذَاAnd whenfa-idhā
- قَضَىٰٓHe decreesqaḍā
- أَمۡرٗاa matteramran
- فَإِنَّمَاthen onlyfa-innamā
- يَقُولُHe saysyaqūlu
- لَهُۥto itlahu
- كُنBekun
- فَيَكُونُand it isfayakūnu
Tafsir
He alone is the one in whose hand is giving life and He alone is the one in whose hand is giving death. So when He decides a matter, He only says to that matter: “Be” and it becomes.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran