سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْقَافِ
Surah Al-Ahqaf (46) — Ayah 3
مَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُوا۟ مُعْرِضُونَ ﴿3﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except with truth, and for an appointed term. But those who disbelieve turn away from that whereof they are warned.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
مَا
mā
Not
خَلَقْنَا
khalaqnā
We created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and what
بَيْنَهُمَآ
baynahumā
(is) between both of them
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
وَأَجَلٍۢ
wa-ajalin
and (for) a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ
musamman
appointed
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
But those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
عَمَّآ
ʿammā
from what
أُنذِرُوا۟
undhirū
they are warned
مُعْرِضُونَ
muʿ'riḍūna
(are) turning away
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
3. 1. That is, the creation of the heavens and the earth also has a specific purpose, and that is the testing of human beings. Secondly, a fixed time has also been set for this; when that time comes, the entire current system of the heavens and the earth will be scattered. Neither will the sky be this sky, nor will the earth be this earth. يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ "Surah Ibrahim."
3. 2. That is, in the case of disbelief, they do not care about the resurrection, reckoning, and recompense with which they are warned; they neither believe in it nor prepare to save themselves from the punishment of the Hereafter.
3. 2. That is, in the case of disbelief, they do not care about the resurrection, reckoning, and recompense with which they are warned; they neither believe in it nor prepare to save themselves from the punishment of the Hereafter.
