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Al-Ahqaf 3

Ayah 3 of 35 · Meccan

مَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُواْ مُعۡرِضُونَ ٣

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. خَلَقۡنَاWe createdkhalaqnā
  3. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  4. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  5. وَمَاand whatwamā
  6. بَيۡنَهُمَآ(is) between both of thembaynahumā
  7. إِلَّاexceptillā
  8. بِٱلۡحَقِّin truthbil-ḥaqi
  9. وَأَجَلٖand (for) a termwa-ajalin
  10. مُّسَمّٗىۚappointedmusamman
  11. وَٱلَّذِينَBut those whowa-alladhīna
  12. كَفَرُواْdisbelievekafarū
  13. عَمَّآfrom whatʿammā
  14. أُنذِرُواْthey are warnedundhirū
  15. مُعۡرِضُونَ(are) turning awaymuʿ'riḍūna

Tafsir

I did not create the heavens and the earth and I did not create what is between them in vain, but rather I created all of it with truth and with complete wisdom. Amongst that is for His servants to recognise Him through them and so worship Him alone and not associate any partner with Him, and so that they fulfil the demands of their being made deputy on earth until a fixed time which Allah alone knows. And those who disbelieve in Allah are turning away from the Book of Allah they are being warned through, without paying attention to it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran