The Forgiver, The Forgiving One 40:68

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Arabic English Morphology
هُوَ huwa
He Noun
ٱلَّذِى alladhī
(is) the One Who Noun
يُحْىِۦ yuḥ'yī
gives life V
وَيُمِيتُ wayumītu
and causes death V
فَإِذَا fa-idhā
And when Noun
قَضَىٰٓ qaḍā
He decrees V
a matter Noun
then only Prep
يَقُولُ yaqūlu
He says V
لَهُۥ lahu
to it Noun
كُن kun
Be V
فَيَكُونُ fayakūnu
and it is V

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

هُوَ ٱلَّذِی یُحۡیِۦ وَیُمِیتُۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣰا فَإِنَّمَا یَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَیَكُونُ ۝٦٨

huwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu fa-idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūn