Skip to content
Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 3

Each word opens its meaning.

﴿٣﴾

Tap a word for its meaning and pronunciation, then open its page.

Without diacritics

ما خلقنا السماوات والارض وما بينهما الا بالحق واجل مسمى والذين كفروا عما انذروا معرضون

We created not The heavens and the earth And all between them But for just ends, and For a term appointed: But those who reject Faith Turn away from that Whereof they are warned.

A translation is its translator's understanding of the Quran, not the Quran itself. Our method

  • Verse 3 of 35
  • Juz 26
  • Page 502

Word by word

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. خَلَقْنَاWe createdkhalaqnā
  3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  4. وَٱلْأَرْضَand the earthwal-arḍa
  5. وَمَاand whatwamā
  6. بَيْنَهُمَآ(is) between both of thembaynahumā
  7. إِلَّاexceptillā
  8. بِٱلْحَقِّin truthbil-ḥaqi
  9. وَأَجَلٍۢand (for) a termwa-ajalin
  10. مُّسَمًّۭى ۚappointedmusamman
  11. وَٱلَّذِينَBut those whowa-alladhīna
  12. كَفَرُوا۟disbelievekafarū
  13. عَمَّآfrom whatʿammā
  14. أُنذِرُوا۟they are warnedundhirū
  15. مُعْرِضُونَ(are) turning awaymuʿ'riḍūna

Classical tafsir of this verse (in Arabic)

A tafsir is its author's reading, shown as its author wrote it. Our method

Read it in its surah