Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
none of this have We created without [an inner] truth: but most of them understand it not
Arthur John Arberry
We created them not save in truth; but most of them know it not
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand
Arabic
مَا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٩
Transliteration (2021)
mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn