Muhammad Habib Shakir: Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, so there it is.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: When He decreeth a matter, He saith to it: "Be," and it is.
M.Pickthall: The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: (God is) the Wonderful Originator without depending upon any matter or pattern of the heavens and the earth; and when He issues a decree He does but say to it, `Be´ and it comes to be.
Maulana Mohammad Ali: Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! And when He decrees an affair, He says to it only, Be, and it is.
