Quran-40:68 Surah Ghafir English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Transliteration:( Huwal lazee yuhyee wa yumeetu fa izaa qadaaa amran fa innamaa yaqoolu lahoo kun fa yakoon (section 7) )

68.It is He Who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a thing. He only says to it: "Be" and it comes into "Being"[180] (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(68) He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is. (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Ghafir Ayat 68 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

180. In it mention is made of Divine Power,while in the first verse, intention was being made of Divine Laws . there is Divine Law existetice Making the human being from sand. sperm, etc reflects Divine Power, "Be, and it becomes!" Or, there the discussion is about the creation of bodies, while here the discussion is about the world of order.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Muminun verse 68 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Muminun ayat 66 which provides the complete commentary from verse 66 through 68.

(40:68) He it is Who gives life and causes death. Whenever He decrees a thing, He only commands to it “Be”, and it is.

Ala-Maududi

(40:68) He it is Who gives life and causes death. Whenever He decrees a thing, He only commands to it “Be”, and it is.


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

(68) He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

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