فَيَكُونُand it was / and it came to pass

Example sentences

• وصيرها مساكن الخلق تربيهم صغارًا وتضمهم رفاتا،

  And He made it a dwelling for His creatures — raising them as children and gathering them as remains.

  فواتى — and it came to pass. A verb form read here as the response to the command, 'and it came to be'. The pairing of 'Be' with this answer-verb mirrors the Qur'anic 'Be, and it is'; the verb carries its own subject.

  From: God's Sovereignty in Creation →