Amr

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The triliteral root hamza mīm rā (أ م ر) occurs in the Quran 248 times.

(2:27) The ones who break their pledge to God after making the covenant, and they sever what God had ordered (Arab. أَمَرَ, amara) to be joined. Moreover, they make corruption on earth; these are the losers.

(9:31) They took their scholars and priests to be lords besides God, and the Messiah son of Mary, while they were only commanded (Arab. أُمِرُوا, umirū) to serve One god, there is no god but He, be He glorified for what they set up.

God decrees a command

(2:117) Initiator of the Universes and the Earth, when He decrees a command (Arab. أَمْرًا, amran), He merely says to it, "Be," and it is.