Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nahl, Ayah 40
إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَىْءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدْنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.
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(And Our word unto a thing) Our command for the advent of the Hour, (when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: Be! and it is).
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
All that We say to a thing when We will it that is when We will that it come into existence qawlunā is a subject the predicate of which is what follows is to say to it ‘Be’ and it is in other words and that thing is a variant reading for fa-yakūnu has fa-yakūna as a supplement to naqūla. The verse is intended as an affirmation of the power of God to resurrect.