The Quran

سورة المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:115

The Believers · Verse 115 of 118

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`Did you then think that We had created you without purpose and that you would not be brought back to 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)?

Ahmed Ali

Do you think We created you for nothing, and that you will not return to Us?"

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"Or did you think that We created you in vain, and that you should devote all your time to play and entertainment, and that you would not be brought back to Us?"

Daryabadi

Deem ye that We have created youl in vain and that unto Us ye are not to be returned?

Faridul Haque

So do you think that We have created you needlessly, and that you do not have to return to Us?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Do you then think that We have created you in vain, and that you will not be returned to us?

Maulvi Sher Ali

What ! Did you then think that WE had created you without purpose, and that you would not be brought back 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?"

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

Did you think that We had created you for a playful purpose and that you were not to return to Us?"

Muhammed ali Shakir

What! did you then think that We had created you in vain and that you shall not be returned to Us?

Rashad Khalifa

Did you think that we created you in vain; that you were not to be returned to us?

Shabbir Ahmed

Do you think that We have created you without purpose, and that you will not be brought back to Us?”