﴿ قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌۭ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌۭ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴾

“Said she: "O my Sustainer! How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me?" [The angel] answered: "Thus it is: God creates what He wills when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, 'Be' - and it is.”

��Even so. God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing, He says to it only: �Be� and it is.� He [Sahl] said:When there is something in His pre-eternal knowledge that He wishes to bring to light, He says to it �Be� and it is. It has been said [in these lines of poetry]:He decreed, before creating the creation, all that He would create: Created beings, none of whose affairs are hidden from Him, [nor]Their desires, [nor their] intimate secrets, [nor] that which their hearts enclose. And [He decreed] what was [in] their minds prior to their desire.His words: