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Surah 23. Al-Muminun, Ayah 115

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أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Afa h asibtum annam a khalaqn a kum AAabathan waannakum ilayn a l a turjaAAoon a

Did you, then, think that We created you in mere idle play, and that you would not have to return to Us?"⁶⁷

- Mohammad Asad

Did you think that We had created you without any purpose and that you would never return to Us for accountability?"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Did you then think that We had created you without purpose, and that you would never be returned to Us?'

- Mustafa Khattab

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

- Marmaduke Pickthall

"Did ye then think that We had created you in jest and that ye would not be brought back to Us (for account)?" ²⁹⁵⁰

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali