Quran 40:68 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 68
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only ‘Be’ and it is.
هُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
huwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu fa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who gives life, and makes to die; and when He decrees a thing, He but says to it 'Be,' and it is.
- Muhammad Asad
- It is He who grants life and deals death; and when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, “Be” - and it is.
- Sahih International
- He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yī | gives life | حيي |
| 4 | وَيُمِيتُ ۖwayumītu | and causes death | موت |
| 5 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | And when | — |
| 6 | قَضَىٰٓqaḍā | He decrees | قضي |
| 7 | أَمْرًۭاamran | a matter | أمر |
| 8 | فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā | then only | — |
| 9 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | He says | قول |
| 10 | لَهُۥlahu | to it | — |
| 11 | كُنkun | Be | كون |
| 12 | فَيَكُونُfayakūnu | and it is | كون |