Hûd
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[11:73]
Answered [the messengers]: "Dost thou deem it strange that God should decree what He wills? The grace of God and His blessings be upon you, O people of this house! Verily, ever to be praised, sublime is He!"

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* v.73 : Lit., “Art thou astonished at God’s decree?” – or: “Dost thou find God’s decree strange?” However, the real meaning of this rhetorical question can only be brought out by paraphrasing it in the manner attempted by me: namely, as an echo of the statement, repeated several times in the Qur’ān: “When God wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, ‘Be’ – and it is.”