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Surah Sad, Verse 27

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38:27 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 455 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 38:27

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَٰطِلًا ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۝٢٧

Transliteration

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

Translation

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.

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Verse 27 of Surah Sad (38:27), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 455 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Al-Mukhtasar

And I did not create the heavens or the earth in vain, but rather I created them out of complete wisdom to prove the power of Allah and so that He is obeyed in them. That is the belief of those who deny the truth who believe they were created in vain. So woe to these disbelievers who believe this from the fire of hell on the Day of Judgment, when they die on the disbelief and bad opinion of Allah they are upon.

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Other translations of verse 27

We have not created the heavens and earth and all that is between them in vain. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve. So woe to the disbelievers from the Fire!

And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them without purpose! That is the consideration of those who disbelieve! Then woe to those who disbelieve (in Islâmic Monotheism) from the Fire!

And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve. And woe unto those who disbelieve, from the Fire!

Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between! that were the thought of Unbelievers! but woe to the Unbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell)!

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them in vain; that is the opinion of those who disbelieve then woe to those who disbelieve on account of the fire.

And in no way have We created the heaven and the earth and whatever is between them untruthfully. That is the surmise of the ones who have disbelieved. So woe to the ones who have disbelieved, from the Fire!

Verse 27 word by word

  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. خَلَقْنَا khalaqnā We created خ ل ق
  3. ٱلسَّمَآءَ l-samāa the heaven س م و
  4. وَٱلْأَرْضَ wal-arḍa and the earth أ ر ض
  5. وَمَا wamā and whatever
  6. بَيْنَهُمَا baynahumā (is) between them ب ي ن
  7. بَٰطِلًا bāṭilan without purpose ب ط ل
  8. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That
  9. ظَنُّ ẓannu (is the) assumption ظ ن ن
  10. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna (of) those who
  11. كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieve ك ف ر
  12. فَوَيْلٌ fawaylun So woe
  13. لِّلَّذِينَ lilladhīna to those
  14. كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū who disbelieve ك ف ر
  15. مِنَ mina from
  16. ٱلنَّارِ l-nāri the Fire ن و ر

Verses related to verse 27

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Anbya 21:16

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ

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

  • Adh-Dhariyat 51:60

    فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

    And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

  • Maryam 19:37

    فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن مَّشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

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