Surah Ad-Dukhan (الدخان) • The Smoke

Quran 44:39

44:39

مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.

— Saheeh International

We created them for a true purpose, but most people do not comprehend.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

We created them not except with truth (i.e. to examine and test those who are obedient and those who are disobedient and then reward the obedient ones and punish the disobedient ones), but most of them know not.

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

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Word by Word

مَاmāNot
خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآkhalaqnāhumāWe created both of them
إِلَّاillābut
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow