Tafsir for verse: 16:40
إِنَّمَا قَوۡلُنَا لِشَيۡءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدۡنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٤٠ ﴿40
40Whenever We intend to do something, We do no more than say to it, “Be,” and it comes to be.
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Commentary

And when He clarified its necessity and wisdom; He clarified its possibility; and its ease for Him; and its lightness to Him; He said (exalted is He): "Indeed, Our saying"; meaning: by virtue of our greatness; "is for a thing"; in bringing forth; and in returning; "when We intend it"; meaning: We intend its existence; "to say to it"; then He mentioned the quoted inner saying; and said - building from "was"; the complete form; what indicates the agreement of the intended things with the command of the obeyed commander -: "Be"; meaning: occur; "and it will be"; meaning: it will result from that saying that it exists; when the ability is attached to it; without any delay at all; for We created creation to command them; and to forbid them.

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