Quran 44:39 — Ad-Dukhaan, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We created them for a true purpose, but most people do not comprehend.
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We created them not save in truth; but most of them know it not.
- Muhammad Asad
- none of this have We created without [an inner] truth: but most of them understand it not.
- Sahih International
- We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآkhalaqnāhumā | We created both of them | خلق |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 4 | بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi | in [the] truth | حقق |
| 5 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 6 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 7 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 8 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |