وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

and Our ordaining [a thing and its coming into being] is but one [act], like the twinkling of an eye

Arthur John Arberry

Our commandment is but one word, as the twinkling of an eye

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye

Arabic

وَمَاۤ أَمۡرُنَاۤ إِلَّا وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

Transliteration (2021)

wamā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥin bil-baṣar