ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٞ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلۡأَرۡضِ ٱئۡتِيَا طَوۡعًا أَوۡ كَرۡهٗا قَالَتَآ أَتَيۡنَا طَآئِعِينَ ١١
Thummastawā ilas-samāʾi wa hiya dukhānun faqāla lahā walil-arḍiʾtiyā ṭawʿan aw karhan qālatā ataynā ṭāʾiʿīn.
Then He directed Himself1 to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being],2 willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- See footnote to 2:19.
- Literally, "become" or "do [as commanded]."