An-Nahl Verse 40

If We ever will something ˹to exist˺, all We say is: “Be!” And it is!

When We intend something, We only say to it, “Be!”, and it is.

The only words We say to a thing, when We desire it, is that We say to it 'Be,' and it is.

When We will something to happen, all that We say is, ‘Be,’ and it is.

Our only saying unto a thing, when We intend it, is that We say unto it: be, and it becometh.

For to anything which We have willed, We but say the word, "Be", and it is.

(As for the possibility of resurrection, bear in mind that) whenever We do will something, We have to do no more than say: "Be", and it is.

Yet when We will a thing We have only to say: "Be", and it is.

And Our command for anything to occur, when We will it, is that We only say to it, “Be” – and it thereupon happens.

All that We say to a thing, when We will it, is to say to it ‘Be!’ and it is.

(Raising the dead to life, like giving them life in the first place, is easy for Us:) Our word for a thing when We will it is simply Our saying to it, "Be!" and it is.

Our word to a thing when We intend it (to come into being) is only that We say to it, `Be´ and it comes to be.

Truly/indeed Our saying/word to a thing if We willed/wanted/intended it (is) that We say to it: "Be." So it becomes.

And Our command for anything to occur, when We will it, is that We only say to it, "Be" - and it thereupon happens.

We only say unto a thing We intend, the Word, "BE," and it is.

Verily! Our Word unto a thing when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: "Be!" and it is.

So that He might make manifest to them that about which they differ, and that those who disbelieve might know that they were liars.

Our word for a thing when We intend it, is only that We say to it, Be, and it is.

And Our word unto a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: Be! and it is.

When We want to bring something into existence, Our command is, "Exist," and it comes into existence.

When We decree a thing, We only say: 'Be' and it is.

Verily, Our Word to a thing when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: "Be!" - and it is.

When We will something to happen, all that We say is, "Be!" and it is.

When We intend for something to happen, We say to it, “Be,” and it becomes.

All that We say to a thing, when We will it, that is, when We will that it come into existence (qawlun is a subject, the predicate of which is [what follows]) is to say to it `Be,' and it is, in other words, and that [thing] is (a variant reading [for fa-yaknu] has fa-yakna as a supplement to naqla). The verse is intended as an affirmation of the power [of God] to resurrect.

Verily, Our Word to a thing when We intend it, is only that We say to it;"Be!" - and it is.

meaning, We issue the command once, and then it happens.

Allah does not need to repeat or confirm whatever He commands, because there is nothing that can stop Him or oppose Him. He is the One, the Compelling, the Almighty, whose power, might and dominion have subjected all things. None has the right to be worshipped except Him, and there is no Lord other than Him