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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 16of 112

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Creation was made with Justice and WisdomAllah tells us that He created the heavens and the earth in truth, i.e. with justice.لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيِجْزِى الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ بِالْحُسْنَى(that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done, and reward those who do good, with what is best.) 53:31.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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