2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 117
بَد۪يعُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَاِذَا قَضٰٓى اَمْراً فَاِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
BadeeAAu assamawatiwal-ardi wa-itha qada amran fa-innamayaqoolu lahu kun fayakoon
the Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.
- Progressive Muslims
Initiator of heavens and Earth, when He decrees a command, He merely says to it: "Be" and it is.
- Shabbir Ahmed
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! As soon as He decrees a thing, He says unto it, "Be" - and it is. (He originates and creates and does not procreate).
- Sam Gerrans
The Originator of the Heavens and the Earth: when He decrees a matter, He but says to it: “Be thou,” and it is.
- The Monotheist Group
Initiator of the heavens and the earth, when He decrees a command, He merely says to it: 'Be,' and it is.
- Edip-Layth
Initiator of heavens and earth, when He decrees a command, He merely says to it, "Be," and it is.
- Aisha Bewley
the Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and 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.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Yet they say that God has begotten a son. May He be praised! Indeed everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him, and all are obedient to God.
- Sahih International
Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, 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.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
He is it Who generated the heavens and earth and when He ordains something He only says: "Be" and it is.
- Bijan Moeinian
God is the originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decides something to be created, He simply says: "Be" and there it is.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
The Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it: "Be!" - and it is.
- 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.
- Mustafa Khattab
˹He is˺ the Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decrees a matter, He simply tells it, "Be!" And it is!
- Taqi Usmani
(He is the) Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decides a matter, He simply says to it: "Be", and it comes to be.
- Abdul Haleem
He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is.
- Arthur John Arberry
the Creator of the heavens and the earth; and when He decrees a thing, He but says to it 'Be,' and it is.
- E. Henry Palmer
The Originator of the heavens and the earth, when He decrees a matter He doth but say unto it, 'BE,' and it is.
- Hamid S. Aziz
The Originator of the heavens and the earth, when He decrees a matter He does but say unto it, "BE," and it is.
- Mahmoud Ghali
The Ever-Innovating of the heavens and the earth; and when He has decreed a Command, then surely it is only (that) He says to it, "Be!" so it is.
- George Sale
the creator of heaven and earth; and when he decreeth a thing, he only saith unto it, be, and it is.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
To Him is due the very origin of the heavens and the earth: When He decides on anything and He says to it: "Be. " And so it becomes.
- Amatul Rahman 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.
- Ali Quli Qarai
the Originator of the heavens and the earth; and when He decides on a matter, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.