40 Preface إِنَّما قَولُنا لِشَيءٍ إِذا أَرَدناهُ أَن نَقولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكونُYusuf AliFor to anything which We have willed, We but say the word, “Be”, and it is.1God’s “Word” is in itself the Deed. God’s Promise is in itself the Truth. There is no interposition of Time or Condition between His Will and its consequences, for He is the Ultimate Reality. He is independent of the proximate or material causes, for He Himself creates diem and establishes their Laws as He pleases (Cf. 36:82 and 40:68).