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Sura 36
Aya 82
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إِنَّما أَمرُهُ إِذا أَرادَ شَيئًا أَن يَقولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكونُ

Muhammad Asad

His Being alone1 is such that when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, "Be" - and it is.
  • This is the meaning of the phrase innama amruhu - the term amr being synonymous, in this instance, with sha'n ("state [or "manner"] of being"). The exclusiveness of God's creative Being is stressed by the restrictive particle innama.