Quran 44:38 — Ad-Dukhaan, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between;
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We created not the heavens and earth, and all that between them is, in play;
- Muhammad Asad
- For [thus it is:] 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 heavens and earth and that between them in play.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | We created | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 6 | بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā | (is) between them | بين |
| 7 | لَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna | (in) play | لعب |