ٱلذَّارِيَات : ٥٦

  • وَمَا And not
  • خَلَقۡتُ I have created
  • ٱلۡجِنَّ the jinn
  • وَٱلۡإِنسَ and the mankind
  • إِلَّا except
  • لِيَعۡبُدُونِ that they worship Me
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they may worship Me: the fact that disbelievers do not worship [God] does not contradict this [statement], since a purpose does not have to be realised [in an act, for it to be valid], as when you may say: 'I sharpened this pencil in order to write with it', even though you might not actually write with it.