Surah Al-Mu'minun — Verse 115

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أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Afahasibtum annama khalaqnakumAAabathan waannakum ilayna la turjaAAoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

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

Marmaduke Pickthall

Deemed ye then that We had created you for naught, and that ye would not be returned unto Us?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Did ye then think that We had created you in jest, and that ye would not be brought back to Us (for account)?"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So did you think that We created you for nothing, and that you will not be brought back to Us?”

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Did you imagine that We created you without any purpose, and that you will not be brought back to Us?"