Surah Ya-Sin 36:82
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 82 of 83
إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Translation
when He wills something to be, His way is to say, “Be”- and it is!
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'His command, when He wills a thing, is only to say to it: Be, and it is.' Ibn Ashur and al-Biqa'i note the absolute ease at the summit of the Surah: no struggle, no process, no raw material required, a single word, and existence obeys. 'Kun fa-yakun' is power without effort. Ask yourself: I measure difficulty by how hard I would find something, and project that strain onto God, as if my impossible must be His impossible too. This verse dissolves that: for the One whose 'Be' brings worlds into being, there is no scale of hard and easy at all. Whatever I am begging Him for, a change of heart, a healing, a way out, is, on His side, a single word. Do I ask Him as though it costs Him effort, or as the One who need only say 'Be'?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Ya-Sin 36:82 is discussed in 15 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Glorification (Tasbih) (key verse)
- Command (Amr)
- Ease (Yusr)
- The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir)
- Attributes of Allah (Sifat Allah)
- Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim)
- Faith (Iman)
- Supplication (Dua)
- Goodness (Khayr)
- Divine Decree (Qadar)
- Divine Revelation (Wahy)
- The Heavens (Sama')
- Drinking (Shurb)
- Birds (Tayr)
- Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah)
Reflect on this verse
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