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Surah Fussilat, ayah 11

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41:11

ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰٓى اِلَى السَّمَٓاءِ وَهِیَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْاَرْضِ ائْتِیَا طَوْعًا اَوْ كَرْهًاؕ قَالَتَٓا اَتَیْنَا طَٓائِعٖینَ

Thumma istawa ila alssamai wahiya dukhanun faqala laha walilardi itiya tawAAan aw karhan qalata atayna taiAAeena

Translations

Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly

Saheeh International

Then turned He to the heaven when it was smoke, and said unto it and unto the earth: Come both of you, willingly or loth. They said: We come, obedient

Marmaduke Pickthall