Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:115 — translation and meaning

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أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Word by Word

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ
afahasib'tum
Then did you think
أَنَّمَا
annama
that
خَلَقْنَاكُمْ
khalaqnakum
We created you
عَبَثًا
abathan
uselessly
وَأَنَّكُمْ
wa-annakum
and that you
إِلَيْنَا
ilayna
to Us
لَا
la
not
تُرْجَعُونَ
tur'ja'una
will be returned

Transliteration

Afahsibtum annamaa khalaqnaakum 'abasanw wa annakum ilainaa laa turja'oon

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So do you think, O people, that I created you as a plaything without any wisdom, so that there will be no reward or punishment as with animals, and that you will not return to Me on the Day of Judgment for the reckoning and recompense?”

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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