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Ghafir (The Forgiver)

Verse 68of 85

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ﴿٦٨

Translation (Sahih International)

He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

Word-by-word meaning

هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīgives life
وَيُمِيتُ ۖwayumītuand causes death
فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
لَهُۥlahuto it
كُنkunBe
فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it is

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of Shirk, the Order for Tawhid, and the EvidenceAllah says, `say, O Muhammad, to these idolators, that Allah forbids them to worship anyone, such as these idols and false gods, except Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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