Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Baqara, Ayah 117
بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.
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(The Originator of the heavens and the earth!) He originated them when they were nothing before. (When He decreeth a thing) when He wants to create a child without a father, like Jesus, (He saith unto it only: Be!) be a child without a father, just like Adam was without a father or mother, (And it is).
Related Hadiths
Sahih Muslim#6837Sahih
" Allah commanded the earth (from where) he wanted to come out to move itself away and to the other earth (where he wanted to go) to draw nearer."
Narrated by This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatida with the same chain of transmitters but (with this variation of wording):
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#2224Sahih
"Allah decreed the measures fifty-thousand years before He created the Heavens and the earth."
Narrated by Abdullah bin 'Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Creator of the heavens and the earth making them exist without any exemplary precedent; and when He decrees wills a thing to exist He but says to it ‘Be’ and it is that is to say it becomes fa-yakūnu a variant reading has fa-yakūna on account of it being the response in the subjunctive mood to the jussive statement.