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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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مَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُوا۟ مُعْرِضُونَ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

مَاNot
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
وَمَاwamāand what
بَيْنَهُمَآbaynahumā(is) between both of them
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
وَأَجَلٍۢwa-ajalinand (for) a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۚmusammanappointed
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
عَمَّآʿammāfrom what
أُنذِرُوا۟undhirūthey are warned
مُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(are) turning away

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Qur'an is a Revelation from Allah and the Universe is His True CreationAllah informs that He has revealed the Book to His servant and Messenger Muhammad -- may Allah's blessings be upon him until the Day of Judgement. Allah then describes Himself as being of unimaginable glory, possessing ultimate wisdom in His statements and actions.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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