The Quran

سورة البَقَرَة

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:117

The Cow · Verse 117 of 286

بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(God is) the Wonderful Originator without depending upon any matter or pattern of the heavens and the earth; and when He issues a decree He does but say to it, `Be´ and it comes to be.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: When He decreeth a matter, He saith to it: "Be," and it is.

Ali Unal

The Originator of the heavens and the earth with nothing preceding Him to imitate. When He decrees a thing, He does but say to it "Be!" and it is.

11 more translations

Daryabadi

The Originator of the heavens and the earth; and whensoever He decreeth an affair, He only saith unto it: be; and it becometh.

Faridul Haque

The Originator of the heavens and the earth - and when He commands a thing, He only says to it, "Be", and it thereupon happens.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! And when He decrees an affair, He says to it only, Be, and it is.

Maulvi Sher Ali

HE is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. When HE decrees a thing, HE only says to it `Be,' and it is.

Muhammad Asad

The Originator is He of the heavens and the earth: and when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, "Be" - and it is.

Muhammad Musin Khan

The Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be!" - and it is.

Muhammad Pickthall

The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.

Muhammad Sarwar

God is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. Whenever He decides to do anything, He just commands it to exist and it comes into existence.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, so there it is.

Rashad Khalifa

The Initiator of the heavens and the earth: to have anything done, He simply says to it, "Be," and it is.

Shabbir Ahmed

The Originator of the heavens and earth: when He wills a thing to be, He but says to it “Be” – and it is.