Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:115

23:115

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

afaḥasib'tum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-annakum ilaynā lā tur'jaʿūna

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

— Saheeh International

Did you think We had created you in vain, and that you would not be brought back to Us?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْafaḥasib'tumThen did you think
أَنَّمَاannamāthat
خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākumWe created you
عَبَثًۭاʿabathanuselessly
وَأَنَّكُمْwa-annakumand that you
إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
لَاlānot
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnawill be returned