Quran 23:115 — Al-Muminoon, verse 115
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Did you think We had created you in vain, and that you would not be brought back to Us?’
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ
afaḥasib'tum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-annakum ilaynā lā tur'jaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, did you think that We created you only for sport, and that you would not be returned to Us?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Did you, then, think that We created you in mere idle play, and that you would not have to return to Us?”
- Sahih International
- Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَحَسِبْتُمْafaḥasib'tum | Then did you think | حسب |
| 2 | أَنَّمَاannamā | that | — |
| 3 | خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākum | We created you | خلق |
| 4 | عَبَثًۭاʿabathan | uselessly | عبث |
| 5 | وَأَنَّكُمْwa-annakum | and that you | — |
| 6 | إِلَيْنَاilaynā | to Us | — |
| 7 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 8 | تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūna | will be returned | رجع |