Quran 40:68 Word by Word & Translations
40:68 Word by Word (2021)
40:68 Arabic
40:68 Transliteration
He (is) the One Who gives life and causes death. And when He decrees a matter, then only He says to it, "Be," and it is.
40:68 Arabic
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
40:68 Transliteration
Huwa allathee yuhyee wayumeetu fa-itha qada amran fa-innama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoonu
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He is the One who gives life and death. And when He decides upon anything, He simply says to it: 'Be,' and it is
Abdel Haleem
It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only ‘Be’ and it is
Abdul Hye
It is He Who gives life and causes death. When He decides upon a thing, only He says to it: “Be!” and it is.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He it is Who causeth life and death. Then whensoever He decreeth an affair He only saith Unto it: be, and it becometh
Ahmed Ali
It is He who gives you life and death. When He creates a thing, He has only to say: "Be," and it is
Ahmed Hulusi
It is HU who gives life and takes life! When He decrees a matter, He only says, ‘Be’ (wills it to be) and it is!
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He is He who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a thing, He says to it only, 'Be', hence it becomes.
Aisha Bewley
It is He who gives life and causes to die. When He decides on something, He just says to it, ´Be!´ and it is.
Ali Ünal
He it is Who gives life and causes to die; and When He decrees a thing to be, He does but say to it "Be!" and it is
Ali Quli Qara'i
It is He who gives life and brings death. So when He decides on a matter, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is
Amatul Rahman Omar
He it is Who gives life and causes death. And when He decides a thing to be, He says to it only, `Be' and it comes to be (in due course)
Arthur John 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
Bakhtiari Nejad
He is the One Who gives life and causes death, and when He decides on a matter, then He just says for it: “Be” and it will be.
Bijan Moeinian
God is the One Who Gives life and ordains death. Whatever He desires to be done, He simply says: “Be” and it shall be
Bilal Muhammad 2018
It is He Who gives life and death, and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it: “Be”. And it is
Corpus.Quran
He (is) the One Who gives life and causes death And when He decrees a matter then only He says to it Be and it is
Dr. Kamal Omar
He it is Who gives life and causes death. And when He decided a matter, then surely what (is a fact is that) He will say to it: "Be!” So it becomes (a thing that exists)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He it is Who gives life and causes to die. And when He decreed an affair, He only says to it: Be! Then, it is!
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
He is the One Who gives life and causes death. Then when He decides upon a thing, He says to it only: ‘Be,’ so it becomes
Dr. Munir Munshey
It is He Who gives life as well as death. When He decides that an event should occur, He just says ´Be!´ and (at once) it becomes
Edward Henry Palmer
He it is who quickens and kills, and when He decrees a matter, then He only says to it, 'BE,' and it is
Faridul Haque
It is He Who gives life and death; so whenever He wills a thing, He only says to it “Be” – it thereupon happens
Fode Drame
It is He who gives life and takes life but if He decrees a matter, all He says to it is, “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
Hamid S. Aziz
He it is Who gives life and brings death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be", and it is
Hasan Al-Fatih 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
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
Irving/Hegab
He is the One Who gives life and brings death. Whenever He has decided on some matter, He merely tells it: 'Be!'; and it is."
John Medows Rodwell
It is He who giveth life and death; and when He decreeth a thing, He only saith of it, "Be," and it is
Linda "iLham" Barto
“He is who gives life and death. When He decides a situation, He says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.”
Maududi
He it is Who gives life and causes death. Whenever He decrees a thing, He only commands to it "Be", and it is
Maulana Muhammad 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
Mir Aneesuddin
He it is Who gives life and causes to die. So when He decides an affair, then He says to it only, “Be,” so it is.
Mohammad Shafi
(That) it is He Who gives life and causes death. When He ordains a thing, He just tells it, "Be" and it is
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
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."
Muhammad 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
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He is The (One) who gives life and makes to die; so when He decrees a Command, then surely He only says to it, "Be!" and it is
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is
Muhammad 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
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He is the One who gives life and brings death, and when He decides to do something, He only says to it: .Be. and it comes to be
Munir Mezyed
He is the One Who gives life and causes death. When He decrees a matter, He only says unto it, "Be," consequently, there it is.
MunirMezyed2023
He is the One Who gives life and causes death. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.
Musharraf Hussain
He gives life and death, and when He decides an affair He says to it: “Be,” and it comes into existence
Mustafa Khattab 2018
He is the One Who gives life and causes death. When He decrees a matter, He simply tells it, “Be!” And it is!
Mustaqim
He is who gives life and death, and when He decides a matter, He simply says to it "Be!", then it is.
N J Dawood 2014
He it is who ordains life and death; if He decrees a thing, He need only say: ‘Be,‘ and it is
Rashad Khalifa
He is the only One who controls life and death. To have anything done, He simply says to it, "Be," and it is.
Safi Kaskas
It is He who gives life and death; when He decides on a thing, He simply says, "Be," and It is.
Samy Mahdy
He is the one who gives life and causes death; so, if He decrees a matter, So, He only says to it, “Be,” so it is.
Shabbir Ahmed
He it is Who grants life and causes death. The moment He decrees a thing, He says to it only "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
Sher Ali
HE it is Who gives life and causes death. And when HE decrees a thing, HE says concerning it, `Be !' and it becomes into being
Syed Vickar Ahamed
It is He Who gives life and causes death; And when He decides upon a thing, He says to it only: "Be," and it is
T.B.Irving
He is the One Who gives life and brings death. Whenever He has decided on some matter, He merely tells it: ´Be!´; and it is."
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
It is He who gives life and causes death. When He decrees an affair, He says to it, “Be,” and it becomes.
Talal Itani (2012)
It is He who gives life and death; and when He decides on a thing, He just says to it, 'Be,' and it comes to be
The Study Quran
He it is Who gives life and causes death. So when He decrees a thing, He only says to it, “Be!” and it is
The Wise Quran
He is the one who gives life and causes death, and when He decrees a matter, then He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.
Umm Muhammad (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
Wahiduddin Khan
It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only, Be! and it is
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it, "Be", and it is