Quran 2:117 — Al-Baqara, verse 117
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is.
بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
badīʿu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- the Creator of the heavens and the earth; and when He decrees a thing, He but says to it 'Be,' and it is.
- Muhammad Asad
- The Originator is He of the heavens and the earth: and when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, "Be" -and it is.
- Sahih International
- Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَدِيعُbadīʿu | (The) Originator | بدع |
| 2 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 3 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 4 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 5 | قَضَىٰٓqaḍā | He decrees | قضي |
| 6 | أَمْرًۭاamran | a matter | أمر |
| 7 | فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā | [so] only | — |
| 8 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | He says | قول |
| 9 | لَهُۥlahu | to it | — |
| 10 | كُنkun | Be | كون |
| 11 | فَيَكُونُfayakūnu | and it becomes | كون |