Surah Adh-Dhariyat (الذاريات) • The Winnowing Winds

Quran 51:56

51:56

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

wamā khalaqtu l-jina wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūni

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

— Saheeh International

I created jinn and mankind only to worship Me:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And I (Allâh) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone).

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

Juz 27Page 523meccan

Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
خَلَقْتُkhalaqtuI have created
ٱلْجِنَّl-jinathe jinn
وَٱلْإِنسَwal-insaand the mankind
إِلَّاillāexcept
لِيَعْبُدُونِliyaʿbudūnithat they worship Me