Ad-Dukhaan 44:38
The Smoke · ayah 38 of 59
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
Wama khalaqna assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma laAAibeen
"And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between;"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:"