Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:117

2:117

بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

badīʿu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

— Saheeh International

He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be!" - and it is.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

بَدِيعُbadīʿu(The) Originator
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِۖwal-arḍiand the earth
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā[so] only
يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
لَهُۥlahuto it
كُنkunBe
فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes