Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:68

40:68

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

huwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu fa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

— Saheeh International

It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only ‘Be’ and it is.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is He Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: "Be!" - and it is.

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

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Word by Word

هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīgives life
وَيُمِيتُۖwayumītuand causes death
فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
لَهُۥlahuto it
كُنkunBe
فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it is