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تفسير القرآن

Al-Samʿānī

أبو المظفر السمعاني (ت ٤٨٩ هـ)

Short and steady — the plain meaning, with the reports that bear on it and little else.

Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:16 Juzʾ 17 Page 323

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

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

Read in the muṣḥaf

قَوْله سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى: ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ أَي: للعب.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:16