Word Meaning
कुन-फ़यकूँ
kun-fa-yakun
Meaning
Be, and it is; the divine command of creation.
Detailed Meaning
An Arabic Quranic phrase denoting God's absolute power to bring existence out of nothingness simply by decreeing 'Be!'. In this couplet, it represents the perpetual and unfinished process of cosmic creation continuously unfolding in the universe. It shifts the idea of genesis from a one-time past event to an ongoing dynamic reality.
Etymology
Arabic (كُنْ فَيَكُونُ, kun fa-yakūn), composed of the imperative verb 'kun' (be) and 'fa-yakūn' (and it becomes).
Usage
Commonly employed in Sufi, philosophical, and metaphysical Urdu poetry to evoke divine omnipotence and primordial creation.
Examples
The whisper of 'Kun-fa-yakun' still stirs the silent void.
Existence awakened at the single decree of 'Kun-fa-yakun'.