Quran 16:40 — An-Nahl, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When We will something to happen, all that We say is, ‘Be,’ and it is.
إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَيْءٍ إِذَا أَرَدْنَاهُ أَنْ نَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
innamā qawlunā lishayin idhā aradnāhu an naqūla lahu kun fayakūnu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The only words We say to a thing, when We desire it, is that We say to it 'Be,' and it is.
- Muhammad Asad
- Whenever We will anything to be, We but say unto it Our word "Be" -and it is.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 2 | قَوْلُنَاqawlunā | Our Word | قول |
| 3 | لِشَىْءٍlishayin | to a thing | شيأ |
| 4 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 5 | أَرَدْنَـٰهُaradnāhu | We intend it | رود |
| 6 | أَنan | (is) that | — |
| 7 | نَّقُولَnaqūla | We say | قول |
| 8 | لَهُۥlahu | to it | — |
| 9 | كُنkun | Be | كون |
| 10 | فَيَكُونُfayakūnu | and it is | كون |