Quran 46:3 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It was for a true purpose and a specific term that We created heaven and earth and everything in between, yet those who deny the truth ignore the warning they have been given.
مَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۚ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَمَّا أُنْذِرُوا مُعْرِضُونَ
mā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqi wa-ajalin musamman wa-alladhīna kafarū ʿammā undhirū muʿ'riḍūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have not created the heavens and the earth, and what between them is, save with the truth and a stated term; but the unbelievers are turning away from that they were warned of.
- Muhammad Asad
- We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them otherwise than in accordance with [an inner] truth, and for a term set [by Us]: and yet, they who are bent on denying the truth turn aside from the warning which has been conveyed unto them.
- Sahih International
- We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are turning away.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | We created | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 6 | بَيْنَهُمَآbaynahumā | (is) between both of them | بين |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi | in truth | حقق |
| 9 | وَأَجَلٍۢwa-ajalin | and (for) a term | أجل |
| 10 | مُّسَمًّۭى ۚmusamman | appointed | سمو |
| 11 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | But those who | — |
| 12 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 13 | عَمَّآʿammā | from what | — |
| 14 | أُنذِرُوا۟undhirū | they are warned | نذر |
| 15 | مُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna | (are) turning away | عرض |