ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٞ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلۡأَرۡضِ ٱئۡتِيَا طَوۡعًا أَوۡ كَرۡهٗا قَالَتَآ أَتَيۡنَا طَآئِعِينَ ١١
Thummastawā ilas-samā'i wahiya dukhānun faqāla lahā walil-ardi'tiyā taw'an aw karhan qālatā ataynā tā'i'īn
Then He directed Himself1385 to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being],1386 willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."
Footnotes
1385 See footnote to 2:19.
1386 Literally, "become" or "do [as commanded]."