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Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 117

بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

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

Al-Baqarah · 2:117

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  1. بَدِيعُbadīʿu(The) Originator
  2. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  3. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
  4. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  5. قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
  6. أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
  7. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā[so] only
  8. يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
  9. لَهُۥlahuto it
  10. كُنkunBe
  11. فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes

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