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هُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Transliteration:

Huwa allathee yuhyee wayumeetu fa-itha qada amran fa-innama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoonu

Word by Word:

He (is) the One Who gives life and causes death. And when He decrees a matter, then only He says to it, "Be," and it is.

Translations:

It is He who grants life and deals death; and when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, Be" - and it is.

It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it, "Be", and it is.

He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.

He it is Who gives life and causes death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, and it is.

He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.