وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ٥٠
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَمَآAnd notwamā
- أَمۡرُنَآ(is) Our Commandamrunā
- إِلَّاbutillā
- وَٰحِدَةٞonewāḥidatun
- كَلَمۡحِۭlike the twinklingkalamḥin
- بِٱلۡبَصَرِ(of) the eyebil-baṣari
Tafsir
My matter when I intend something is only that I say one word, which is: ‘Be,’ and what I intend quickly becomes like the twinkling of an eye.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran