Kun (Islamic term)
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Kun is an Arabic word referring to the act of manifesting, existing
or being
. In the Qur'an
, Allah
commands the universe to be ("kun!" !كن), and it is
(fayakun فيكن).
"Kun Fa Ya Kun" has its reference in the Quran cited as a Symbol / Sign of God's Mystical Creative Power. The verse is from the Quranic Chapter, Surah Ya-Sin. The context in which the verse Kun Fa Ya Kun appears in the 36th Chapter, verse number 77-83:
The term also appears as part of 117th verse of the 2nd Quranic Chapter, Surah Baqara.
Existence
In common usage, existence is the world we are aware of through our senses, and that persists independently without them. In academic philosophy the word has a more specialized meaning, being contrasted with essence, which specifies different forms of existence as well as different identity...
or being
Being
Being , is an English word used for conceptualizing subjective and objective aspects of reality, including those fundamental to the self —related to and somewhat interchangeable with terms like "existence" and "living".In its objective usage —as in "a being," or "[a] human being" —it...
. In the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
, Allah
Allah
Allah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...
commands the universe to be ("kun!" !كن), and it is
Be, and it is
"Be, and it is" is a phrase that occurs several times in the Qur’ān. It refers to creation by Allah. In Arabic the imperative verb be is spelled with the letters kāf and nūn.-Verse numbers:...
(fayakun فيكن).
"Kun Fa Ya Kun" has its reference in the Quran cited as a Symbol / Sign of God's Mystical Creative Power. The verse is from the Quranic Chapter, Surah Ya-Sin. The context in which the verse Kun Fa Ya Kun appears in the 36th Chapter, verse number 77-83:
- Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is an open disputant? And he presents an (argument of) likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. He asks (in confusion): "Who will give life to the bones when they are disintegrated?" Say: "He will give life to them Who brought them into existence at first, and He is cognizant of all creation." He Who has made for you, from the green tree, fire. and then from it you kindle (fire). Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yes Indeed! and He is the Superb Creator (of all), the Ever-Knowing. Surely His Command, when He wills a thing, is only to say to it: Be! and it is!" Therefore glory be to Him in Whose hand is the Kingdom of all things, and to Him you shall be brought back.
The term also appears as part of 117th verse of the 2nd Quranic Chapter, Surah Baqara.
- (Allah,) The Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.