38 Preface وَما خَلَقنَا السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ وَما بَينَهُما لاعِبينَYusuf AliWe created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:1Cf. 21:16, and n. 2676. All creation is for a wise and just purpose. But men usually do not realise or understand it, because they are steeped in their own ignorance, folly, or passions.