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An-Nahl 16:40

إِنَّمَا قَوۡلُنَا لِشَيۡءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدۡنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

If We ever will something ˹to exist˺, all We say is: “Be!” And it is!

Word by word

إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
Vocabulary
قَوۡلُنَا
qawlunā
Our Word
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لِشَيۡءٍ
lishayin
to a thing
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
إِذَآ
idhā
when
Vocabulary
أَرَدۡنَٰهُ
aradnāhu
We intend it
Vocabulary
Root: رود
أَن
an
(is) that
Vocabulary
نَّقُولَ
naqūla
We say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَهُۥ
lahu
to it
Vocabulary
كُن
kun
Be
Vocabulary
Root: كون
فَيَكُونُ
fayakūnu
and it is
Vocabulary
Root: كون

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.