Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 117 (2:117)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Quran 2:117 is ayah 117 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 18 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:117
بَدِيعُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖوَإِذَاقَضَىٰٓأَمْرًافَإِنَّمَايَقُولُلَهُۥكُنفَيَكُونُ١١٧
badīʿu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.(117)

Word by word

  1. بَدِيعُbadīʿu(The) Originator
  2. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  3. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
  4. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  5. قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
  6. أَمْرًاamrana matter
  7. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā[so] only
  8. يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
  9. لَهُۥlahuto it
  10. كُنkunBe
  11. فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes

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