Popular Translations
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
Arthur John Arberry
It is He who gives life, and makes to die; and when He decrees a thing, He but says to it 'Be,' and it is
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it, "Be", and it is
Arabic
هُوَ ٱلَّذِی یُحۡیِۦ وَیُمِیتُۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣰا فَإِنَّمَا یَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَیَكُونُ ٦٨
Transliteration (2021)
huwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu fa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūn