Command wording may also appear in these uses:
• Challenge showing inability1: فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ - then bring a surah like it.
• Humiliation2: كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ - become despised apes.
• Bringing into existence3: كُنْ فَيَكُونُ - Be, and it comes into being.
1. Challenge showing inability: demanding something the addressee cannot accomplish, so their inability becomes clear.
2. Humiliation: command wording used as punishment and abasement.
3. Bringing into existence: Allah's command by which the existence of a thing is brought about.
- Challenge, Humiliation, and Creation