An-Nahl (The Bee)

40. “Verily, only Our word for a thing, when We intend it, is that We say: ‘Be!’, and it is.”

Allah has remarked in this verse

“Verily, only Our word”

and in verse 82 of Surah Yasin No. 36, He has stated:

“Verily only His command”

while we find in verse 59 of ‘Al-i-‘Imran, No. 3, concerning the creation of Hadrat-i-‘Issa, He says:

“…He said to him ‘Be’ and he ‘was’.”,

all of which lead us to the conclusion that His command and His speech are identical with His Will.

The Qur’anic word /kun/ signifies ‘be’ which is used for promoting our understanding of the proximity in our frame of mind. Otherwise, Allah does not require that either.

As man can imagine anything in his own mind whenever he intends to, which he can do without him needing anything. He can create everything. To excuse the similitude expressed here, Allah can also create everything though His creation is real and it is done only if He so wills.

Therefore, He takes up the issue in this verse that if they consider the return of man to life impossible, they must know that Allah’s power is above everything else. Whenever He intends something to exist, He only says ‘Be it’, following which it will immediately exist.

The verse says:

“Verily, only Our word for a thing, when We intend it, is that We say: ‘Be!’, and it is.”

Despite this all-embracing power which Allah possesses in creation every thing by intending it, how could one still be skeptical as to the Allah’s power in matters regarding resurrection of the dead after their death?

The expression of /kun/ (Be) which is the imperative form of ‘to be’ is also due to the scarcity of the words and their lack of capacity for better expression, in which case there is no need even for uttering such a word either. His Will is more than adequate for the actualization of everything.

Therefore, how can one doubt as to the issue of resurrection despite the fact that Allah’s Will is utterly sufficient to bring everything into existence.