Quran 21:16 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them playfully.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We created not the heaven and the earth, and whatsoever between them is, as playing;
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [know that] We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in mere idle play:
- Sahih International
- And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | We created | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa | the heavens | سمو |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 6 | بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā | (is) between them | بين |
| 7 | لَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna | (for) playing | لعب |