Surah Ghafir — Verse 68
The Forgiver · 40:68 · 68/85
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Huwa allathee yuhyee wayumeetufa-itha qada amran fa-innama yaqoolu lahukun fayakoon
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only ‘Be’ and it is.
Marmaduke Pickthall
He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it, "Be", and it is.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
He is the One who gives life and brings death, and when He decides to do something, He only says to it: “Be” and it comes to be.
Al-Hilali & Khan
It is He Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: "Be!" - and it is.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
He it is Who gives life and causes death. Whenever He decrees a thing, He only commands to it “Be”, and it is.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
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.
Rowwad · source edition
It is He Who gives life and causes death. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, “Be,” and it is.
Noor International · source edition
(68) He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
68. It is He Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: "Be!" - and it is.