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Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)

Verse 115of 118

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًۭا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ﴿١١٥

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah tells them how much they wasted in their short lives in this world by failing to obey Allah and worship Him Alone.If they had been patient during their short stay in this world, they would have attained victory just like His pious close friends.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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