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Surah an-Nahl (The Bee ) 16 : 40

إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَىْءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدْنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(16:40:1)
(16:40:2)
qawlunā
Our Word
(16:40:3)
lishayin
to a thing
(16:40:4)
idhā
when
(16:40:5)
aradnāhu
We intend it
(16:40:6)
(16:40:7)
naqūla
We say
(16:40:8)
(16:40:9)
kun
Be
(16:40:10)
fayakūnu
and it is

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Explanatory Note

Besides, resurrection is so easy:

“Whenever We will anything to be, We need only say, ‘Be’—and it is.” (Verse 40)

Resurrection is one such easy thing. It will take place once God wills it to. 

In contrast to those who persist in denying the truth, the sūrah provides a glimpse of the true believers who are prepared to abandon their homes and migrate in order to lend support to God’s cause. Their only motivation is their faith in God and in the hereafter.

 

 

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7. Period of Revelation

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The following internal evidence shows that this Surah was revealed during the last Makkan stage of Prophethood:

1.         V. 41 clearly shows that persecution had forced some Muslims to emigrate to Abyssinia before the revelation of this Surah.

2.         It is evident from v. 106 that at that time the persecution of the Muslims was at its height and a problem had arisen where Muslims under persecution were being forced to utter words of blasphemy.

3.         V. 112-114 clearly refer to the end of a seven year famine that had struck Makkah some years after the beginning of Prophethood.

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