Tabari

Tafseer of The Smoke · Ad-Dukhaan · 44:38

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ

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

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    The discourse on the explanation of His statement, the Exalted: And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in play (38)

    The Exalted, whose mention is exalted, says: ( And We did not create the heavens and the earth ) — the seven heavens and the earths and what is between them of creation — in play.

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    القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لاعِبِينَ (38) يقول تعالى ذكره: ( وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضَ ) السبع والأرضين وما بينهما من الخلق لعبا. .