Quran 38:27 — Saad, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It was not without purpose that We created the heavens and the earth and everything in between. That may be what the disbelievers assume- how they will suffer from the Fire!-
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِ
wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā bāṭilan dhālika ẓannu alladhīna kafarū fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū mina l-nāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have not created the heavens and earth, and what between them is, for vanity; such is the thought of the unbelievers, wherefore woe unto the unbelievers because of the Fire!
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [thus it is:] We have not created heaven and earth and all that is between them without meaning and purpose, as is the surmise of those who are bent on denying the truth: but then, woe from the fire [of hell] unto all who are bent on denying the truth!
- Sahih International
- And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | We created | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa | the heaven | سمو |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 6 | بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā | (is) between them | بين |
| 7 | بَـٰطِلًۭا ۚbāṭilan | without purpose | بطل |
| 8 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 9 | ظَنُّẓannu | (is the) assumption | ظنن |
| 10 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 11 | كَفَرُوا۟ ۚkafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 12 | فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylun | So woe | — |
| 13 | لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those | — |
| 14 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | who disbelieve | كفر |
| 15 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 16 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |