Surah An-Nahl, ayah 40
إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَىْءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدْنَـٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.
An-Nahl · 16:40
Word by word
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- قَوْلُنَاqawlunāOur Word
- لِشَىْءٍlishayinto a thing
- إِذَآidhāwhen
- أَرَدْنَـٰهُaradnāhuWe intend it
- أَنan(is) that
- نَّقُولَnaqūlaWe say
- لَهُۥlahuto it
- كُنkunBe
- فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it is
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