And We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them intending to play by creating all that lā‘ibīna ‘to play’ is a circumstantial qualifier.
- 44:3838
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, out of play.
- common.revelation-Meccan
- common.hizb : 199