Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ad-Dukhaan, Ayah 38
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.
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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.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them) of creation, (in play) in amusement.