The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:16

The Prophets · Verse 16 of 112

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

We did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is between the two in idle sport.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between!

Ahmed Ali

We have not created the heavens and the earth, and all that lies between them, out of fun.

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Ali Unal

We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them as a play and game for Us.

Daryabadi

And We created not the heaven and the earth and that which is in between in play.

Faridul Haque

And We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, unnecessarily.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We created not the heaven and the earth and what is between them for sport.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between the two in sport.

Muhammad Asad

AND (know that] We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in mere idle play

Muhammad Musin Khan

We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for a (mere) play.

Muhammad Pickthall

We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play.

Muhammad Sarwar

We did not create the heavens and the earth just for fun.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them for sport.

Rashad Khalifa

We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them just for amusement.

Shabbir Ahmed

We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in mere play, or without purpose.