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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them playfully

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
And not	وَمَا (wamā)	م ا	Prep. Prep
We created	خَلَقْنَا (khalaqnā)	خ ل ق	Verb V
the heavens	ٱلسَّمَآءَ (l-samāa)	س م و	Noun Noun
and the earth	وَٱلْأَرْضَ (wal-arḍa)	أ ر ض	Noun Noun
and what	وَمَا (wamā)	م ا	Noun Noun
(is) between them	بَيْنَهُمَا (baynahumā)	ب ي ن	Noun Noun
(for) playing	لَٰعِبِينَ (lāʿibīna)	ل ع ب	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Prophets
Verse: 21:16
Juz: 17
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 73
Translations: 65
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Root Words in This Verse

خلق (خَلَقَ)
سمو (سَماء)
أرض (أَرْض)
بين (بَيْن)
لعب (لاعِب)

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44:38 40%

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn

We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between

38:27 29%

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَـٰطِلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā bāṭilan dhālika ẓannu alladhīna kafarū fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū mina l-nār

It was not without purpose that We created the heavens and the earth and everything in between. That may be what the disbelievers assume- how they will suffer from the Fire!

37:5 17%

رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ

rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā warabbu l-mashāriq

Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, Lord of every sunrise

38:66 17%

رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّـٰرُ

rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-ʿazīzu l-ghafār

Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between, the Almighty, the Most Forgiving.’

44:29 15%

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

famā bakat ʿalayhimu l-samāu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīn

Neither heavens nor earth shed a tear for them, nor were they given any time

44:7 14%

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn

Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between––if only you people were firm believers––

26:24 13%

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

qāla rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn

Moses replied, ‘He is the Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them. If you would only have faith!’

Word Analysis — The Prophets 21:16

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis