Quran 41:11 — Fussilat, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then He turned to the sky, which was smoke––He said to it and the earth, ‘Come into being, willingly or not,’ and they said, ‘We come willingly’––
ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَا أَتَيْنَا طَائِعِينَ
thumma is'tawā ilā l-samāi wahiya dukhānun faqāla lahā walil'arḍi i'tiyā ṭawʿan aw karhan qālatā ataynā ṭāiʿīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then He lifted Himself to heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, "Come willingly, or unwillingly!" They said, "We come willingly."
- Muhammad Asad
- And He [it is who] applied His design to the skies, which were [yet but] smoke; and He [it is who] said to them and to the earth, “Come [into being], both of you, willingly or unwillingly!” - to which both responded, “We do come in obedience.”
- Sahih International
- Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتَوَىٰٓis'tawā | He directed (Himself) | سوي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | towards | — |
| 4 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the heaven | سمو |
| 5 | وَهِىَwahiya | while it (was) | — |
| 6 | دُخَانٌۭdukhānun | smoke | دخن |
| 7 | فَقَالَfaqāla | and He said | قول |
| 8 | لَهَاlahā | to it | — |
| 9 | وَلِلْأَرْضِwalil'arḍi | and to the earth | أرض |
| 10 | ٱئْتِيَاi'tiyā | Come both of you | أتي |
| 11 | طَوْعًاṭawʿan | willingly | طوع |
| 12 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 13 | كَرْهًۭاkarhan | unwillingly | كره |
| 14 | قَالَتَآqālatā | They both said | قول |
| 15 | أَتَيْنَاataynā | We come | أتي |
| 16 | طَآئِعِينَṭāiʿīna | willingly | طوع |