Surah Ghafir, ayah 68
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.
Ghafir · 40:68
Word by word
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
- يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīgives life
- وَيُمِيتُ ۖwayumītuand causes death
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
- قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
- أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
- فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
- يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
- لَهُۥlahuto it
- كُنkunBe
- فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it is
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