Surah Fussilat, Ayah 11
Quran 41:11 · Explained in Detail · Makki · Para 24 · Page 477
ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰۤی اِلَی السَّمَآءِ وَهِیَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْاَرْضِ ائْتِیَا طَوْعًا اَوْ كَرْهًا ؕ قَالَتَاۤ اَتَیْنَا طَآىِٕعِیْنَ ۟
Transliteration
Thumma istawa ila assama-iwahiya dukhanun faqala laha walil-ardii/tiya tawAAan aw karhan qalata ataynata-iAAeen
Saheeh International
Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
Then Allah (may He be glorified) resolved to create the sky at a time when it was smoke, saying to it and the earth, “Submit to My command willingly or be forced, it has to be one of the two, They said, “We come willingly; O our Lord! We have no wish except your wish.”
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 41:9–41:12 together — read it on 41:9