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<h2 id="in-popular-culture">In popular culture</h2> <p>The phrase <i>Kun fa-yakūn</i> was used in an Urdu poem by the South Asian Islamic philosopher and poet <a href="/facts/Muhammad_Iqbal/J2KhPdT5">Muhammad Iqbal</a> in his works, <i><a href="/facts/Bal-e-Jibril/wepa8JhV">Bal-e-Jibril</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>The soundtrack of Indian Hindi film <i><a href="/facts/Rockstar_(2011_film)/MTszXWYT">Rockstar</a></i> (2011) has a qawwali <a href="/facts/Ghazal/C6nuyv0v">ghazal</a> by the title "Kun Faya Kun", composed by <a href="/facts/A._R._Rahman/rP8WeDEy">A. R. Rahman</a> and picturised at the mausoleum of 13th-century Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Be, and it is. <ul><li><a href="/facts/I_Am_that_I_Am/1wQ5wmys">I Am that I Am</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Logos_(Islam)/HEVrFns2">Logos (Islam)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Soham_(Sanskrit)/KXaq8opV">Soham (Sanskrit)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Peterson, Daniel C. (2001). "Creation". In McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān. Vol. I: A – D. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 474–475. doi:10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00045. ISBN 90-04-11465-3. <a href="90-04-11465-3" target="_blank">90-04-11465-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Sinai, Nicolai (2023). Key Terms of the Qur'an: A Critical Dictionary. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 73, 273–274. ISBN 978-06-91-24131-9. LCCN 2022019174. <a href="978-06-91-24131-9" target="_blank">978-06-91-24131-9</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Sura Al-Baqarah: Verses 116-117, verses of the Qur'an with Kun fayakun". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-02-27. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120229123908/http://www.al-islam.org/enlighteningv3/51.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120229123908/http://www.al-islam.org/enlighteningv3/51.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"کن فیکون" [Be, and it is] (in Persian). Retrieved 12 June 2025. <a href="https://fa.wikishia.net/view/%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86" target="_blank">https://fa.wikishia.net/view/%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"معنای "كن فیكون" چیست؟" [What is the meaning of "Kon Fayakon"?] (in Persian). Retrieved 12 June 2025. <a href="https://www.beytoote.com/religious/sundries/means1-fykvn.html" target="_blank">https://www.beytoote.com/religious/sundries/means1-fykvn.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Peterson, Daniel C. (2001). "Creation". In McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān. Vol. I: A – D. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 474–475. doi:10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00045. ISBN 90-04-11465-3. <a href="90-04-11465-3" target="_blank">90-04-11465-3</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"کن فیکون و مفهوم واقعی و علمی آن در قرآن" [Kun Fayakun and its real and scientific meaning in the Quran] (in Persian). Retrieved 12 June 2025. <a href="http://hammanmasnun.com/230-%DA%A9%D9%86-%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%81%D9%87%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%86.html" target="_blank">http://hammanmasnun.com/230-%DA%A9%D9%86-%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%81%D9%87%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%86.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Azad, Jagan N. (1983). Iqbal - Mind and Art. Lahore: National Book House. p. 164. OCLC 11399865. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pMMzAAAAMAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=pMMzAAAAMAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Kun Fayakun Lyrics <a href="http://www.indicine.com/movies/lyrics/kun-fayakun-lyrics-rockstar/" target="_blank">http://www.indicine.com/movies/lyrics/kun-fayakun-lyrics-rockstar/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>