Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4615
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى { وَلِذَلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ } قَالَ خَلَقَ هَؤُلاَءِ لِهَذِهِ وَهَؤُلاَءِ لِهَذِهِ .
Translation
Musa ibn Isma‘il narrated to us; Hammad narrated to us; Khalid al-Hadhdha narrated to us, from al-Hasan, concerning the words of the Exalted, ‘And for that He created them.’ He said, ‘He created these for this, and those for that.’