← Surah 21

21:16

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ

Word by word

وَمَا
And not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
مَاPreposition — negative
خَلَقْنَا
We created
Verb
Root: خلق
Grammar (i'rab)
خَلَقْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
the heavens
Noun
Root: سمو
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
سَّمَآءَNoun — feminine، accusative
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
and the earth
Noun
Root: أرض
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
أَرْضَNoun — feminine، accusative
وَمَا
and what
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
مَاNoun — relative
بَيْنَهُمَا
(is) between them
Noun
Root: بين
Grammar (i'rab)
بَيْنَNoun — location adverb، accusative
هُمَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd dual
لَٰعِبِينَ
(for) playing
Noun
Root: لعب
Grammar (i'rab)
لَٰعِبِينَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، accusative

Translation

EN

Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between!

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them playfully.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Biz gökleri, yeri ve ikisinin arasındakileri oyun olsun diye yaratmadık.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Biz gök ile yeri ve aralarındaki şeyleri, boş bir eğlence için yaratmadık.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Biz göğü, yeri ve bunlar arasındakileri oyuncular olarak (oyun oynamak için) yaratmadık.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وما خلقنا السماء والأرض وما بينهما عبثًا وباطلا بل لإقامة الحجة عليكم - أيها الناس - ولتعتبروا بذلك كله، فتعلموا أن الذي خلق ذلك لا يشبهه شيء، ولا تصلح العبادة إلا له.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
Heavens & EarthCreation