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Verse (21:16) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the sixteenth verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets)

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

Pickthall: We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play.

Yusuf Ali: Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between!

Shakir: And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them for sport.

Muhammad Sarwar: We did not create the heavens and the earth just for fun.

Mohsin Khan: We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for a (mere) play .

Arberry: We created not the heaven and the earth, and whatsoever between them is, as playing;

See Also

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