Surah Fussilat, ayah 11
ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِىَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ٱئْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَآ أَتَيْنَا طَآئِعِينَ
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."
Fussilat · 41:11
Word by word
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- ٱسْتَوَىٰٓis'tawāHe directed (Himself)
- إِلَىilātowards
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
- وَهِىَwahiyawhile it (was)
- دُخَانٌۭdukhānunsmoke
- فَقَالَfaqālaand He said
- لَهَاlahāto it
- وَلِلْأَرْضِwalil'arḍiand to the earth
- ٱئْتِيَاi'tiyāCome both of you
- طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillingly
- أَوْawor
- كَرْهًۭاkarhanunwillingly
- قَالَتَآqālatāThey both said
- أَتَيْنَاataynāWe come
- طَآئِعِينَṭāiʿīnawillingly
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