Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 40:68 | |
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40:68 هو الذي يحيي ويميت فاذا قضى امرا فانما يقول له كن فيكون | |
Transliteration | Huwa allathee yuhyee wayumeetu fa-itha qada amran fa-innama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoonu |
Literal | He is who revives/makes alive, and makes die, so if He passed judgment (in) a matter/affair/order/ command, so but He says to it: "Be." So it becomes." |
Yusuf Ali | It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it, "Be", and it is. |
Pickthal | He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is. |
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. |
Shakir | He it is Who gives life and brings death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it: Be, and it is. |
Sarwar | It is He Who gives life and causes things to die. When He decides to do something, He only says, "Exist," and it comes into existence. |
Khalifa | He is the only One who controls life and death. To have anything done, He simply says to it, "Be," and it is. |
Hilali/Khan | He it is Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: "Be!" and it is. |
H/K/Saheeh | He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is. |
Malik | It is He Who gives you life and causes you to die. It is He Who when He decides to do something, needs only to say: "Be," and it is.[68] |
QXP | He it is Who grants life and causes death. The moment He decrees a thing, He says to it only "Be!" and it is. |
Maulana Ali | He it is Who gives life and causes death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, and it is. |
Free Minds | He is the One who gives life and causes death. And when He decides upon anything, He simply says to it: "Be" and it is. |
Qaribullah | It is He who gives life and makes to die, and when He decrees a thing, He says to it: 'Be, ' and it is! |
George Sale | It is He who giveth life, and causeth to die: And when He decreeth a thing, He only saith unto it, be, and it is. |
JM Rodwell | It is He who giveth life and death; and when He decreeth a thing, He only saith of it, "Be," and it is. |
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. |
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