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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ad-Dukhan, verse 38

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Without diacritics

وما خلقنا السماوات والارض وما بينهما لاعبين

We created not The heavens, the earth, And all between them, Merely in (idle) sport:

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  • Verse 38 of 59
  • Juz 25
  • Page 497

Word by word

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. خَلَقْنَاWe createdkhalaqnā
  3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  4. وَٱلْأَرْضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  5. وَمَاand whateverwamā
  6. بَيْنَهُمَا(is) between thembaynahumā
  7. لَـٰعِبِينَ(in) playlāʿibīna

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