Allah’s Creative Power: The Reality of “كُنْ فَيَكُونُ”
✍ Written by: Qārī Usāmah bin ‘Abd al-Salām
This is a deeply important and profound question:
“What is that power of Allah by which He created the entire universe?”
Let us understand the answer through faith, Qur’an, reason, and simple examples.
🌟 What is that Power of Allah?
✨ Allah’s Power: “كُنْ فَيَكُونُ” (Be! and it is)
إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
(يس: 82)
“His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”
📌 Meaning:
- Allah does not need tools, machines, workers, or time to create.
- He merely wills a thing, and it comes into existence.
🧠 Understanding Through Reason and Simple Examples
🎨 Example 1: The Power of Human Thought
- Humans merely think, and an image forms instantly in the mind.
- For example: if you imagine “a golden palace floating on water”, an image forms immediately.
This ability is only given to us by Allah — and we are just created beings.
📌 So, the One Who granted us the power to imagine — how perfect and complete must His creative power be?
🔥 Example 2: The Power of Electricity
- Electricity itself cannot be seen.
- Yet it runs fans, televisions, and refrigerators.
📌 If such an unseen “power” can do so much, then how great must be the power of the One Who created electricity itself?
📖 Allah’s Creative Power in the Qur’an
➊ Allah created the heavens and the earth without precedent:
بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ
(البقرة: 117)
“The Originator of the heavens and the earth.”
➋ His Power encompasses everything:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
(Repeated more than 20 times in the Qur’an)
“Indeed, Allah is Powerful over all things.”
🧬 Facts Reflecting Allah’s Power
| Creation | Reflection of His Power |
|---|---|
| Sun’s Heat | More powerful than millions of atomic bombs, yet perfectly distanced |
| Human DNA | A complete blueprint of a human inside a single drop |
| Sky | Suspended without pillars |
| Universe | Billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars |
📌 Who made such a perfectly organized system — without error, without flaw?
Only Allah.
✅ Summary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did Allah create everything? | By “كُنْ فَيَكُونُ” — He only wills it, and it comes into existence. |
| What is His power like? | Infinite, eternal, unmatched. |
| Does He need anything to create? | No. He only says “Be” — and it is. |
