سورة غَافر
Surah Ghâfir 40:68
Granter of Protection · Verse 68 of 85
هُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
Abdul Mannan Omar
He it is Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides a thing to be, He says to it only, `Be´ and it comes to be (in due course).
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.
Ahmed Ali
It is He who gives you life and death. When He creates a thing, He has only to say: "Be," and it is.
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Ali Unal
He it is Who gives life and causes to die; and When He decrees a thing to be, He does but say to it "Be!" and it is.
Daryabadi
He it is Who causeth life and death. Then whensoever He decreeth an affair He only saith Unto it: be, and it becometh.
Faridul Haque
It is He Who gives life and death; so whenever He wills a thing, He only says to it “Be” – it thereupon happens!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He it is Who gives life and causes death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, and it is.
Maulvi Sher Ali
HE it is Who gives life and causes death. And when HE decrees a thing, HE says concerning it, `Be !' and it becomes into being.
Muhammad Asad
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.
Muhammad Musin Khan
He it is Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: "Be!" and it is.
Muhammad Pickthall
He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
Muhammad Sarwar
It is He Who gives life and causes things to die. When He decides to do something, He only says, "Exist," and it comes into existence.
Muhammed ali Shakir
He it is Who gives life and brings death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it: Be, and it is.
Rashad Khalifa
He is the only One who controls life and death. To have anything done, He simply says to it, "Be," and it is.
Shabbir Ahmed
He is the One Who grants life and causes death. The moment He decrees a thing, He says to it only “Be!” and it is.