Quran 40 : 68

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.
هُوَ
Huwa
ٱلَّذِى
Alladhiā
يُحْىِۦ
Yuḥāi
وَيُمِيتُ
Wayumītu
فَإِذَا
Faiidhā
قَضَىٰٓ
Qaḍaāā
أَمْرًا
Aamrana
فَإِنَّمَا
Faiinnamā
يَقُولُ
Yaqūlu
لَهُۥ
Lahu
كُن
Kun
فَيَكُونُ
Fayakūnu

Wahiduddin Khan

It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only, 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.”

Safi Kaskas

It is He who gives life and death; when He decides on a thing, He simply says, "Be," and It is.

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

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

Abdel Haleem

It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only ‘Be’ and it is

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

[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

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!

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

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

Mustaqim

He is who gives life and death, and when He decides a matter, He simply says to it "Be!", then 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

Maududi

He it is Who gives life and causes death. Whenever He decrees a thing, He only commands to it "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.

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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."

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.

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.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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."

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 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."

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)