Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:16

21:16

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ

wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna

And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

— Saheeh International

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them playfully.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
وَمَاwamāand what
بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between them
لَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna(for) playing