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Ghafir 40:68

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

He is the One Who gives life and causes death. When He decrees a matter, He simply tells it, “Be!” And it is!

Word by word

هُوَ
huwa
He
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ٱلَّذِي
alladhī
(is) the One Who
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يُحۡيِۦ
yuḥ'yī
gives life
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وَيُمِيتُۖ
wayumītu
and causes death
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Root: موت
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
And when
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قَضَىٰٓ
qaḍā
He decrees
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Root: قضي
أَمۡرٗا
amran
a matter
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Root: امر
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innamā
then only
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يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
He says
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Root: قول
لَهُۥ
lahu
to it
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كُن
kun
Be
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Root: كون
فَيَكُونُ
fayakūnu
and it is
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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.