We have not created the heavens and the earth, and all that lies between them, out of fun.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (we created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them) of created beings (in play) without ordaining commands and prohibitions.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and we did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is between them, playing, being frivolous, but to indicate our power and to benefit our servants.
