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إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَيْءٍ إِذَا أَرَدْنَاهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Transliteration:
Innama qawluna lishay-in itha aradnahu an naqoola lahu kun fayakoonu
Word by Word:
Only Our Word to a thing when We intend it (is) that We say to it, "Be" and it is.
Translations:
Whenever We will anything to be, We but say unto it Our word "Be" -and it is.
For to anything which We have willed, We but say the word, "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.
Our word for a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say to it, Be; and it is.
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.