Surah Ghafir, Ayah 68 (40:68)

غَافِر

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Quran 40:68 is ayah 68 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 475 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:68
هُوَٱلَّذِىيُحْىِۦوَيُمِيتُ ۖفَإِذَاقَضَىٰٓأَمْرًافَإِنَّمَايَقُولُلَهُۥكُنفَيَكُونُ٦٨
huwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu fa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.(68)

Word by word

  1. هُوَhuwaHe
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīgives life
  4. وَيُمِيتُ ۖwayumītuand causes death
  5. فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
  6. قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
  7. أَمْرًاamrana matter
  8. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
  9. يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
  10. لَهُۥlahuto it
  11. كُنkunBe
  12. فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it is

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