Al-Mu'minun 23:115 افحسبتم انما خلقناكم عبثا وانكم الينا لا ترجعون ١١٥
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أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ
أَنَّمَا
خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ
عَبَثٗا
وَأَنَّكُمۡ
إِلَيۡنَا
لَا
تُرۡجَعُونَ
١١٥
Deemed ye then that We had created you for naught, and that ye would not be returned unto Us?
— M. Pickthall
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"
— Saheeh International
"Did ye then think that We had created you in jest, and that ye would not be brought back to Us (for account)?"
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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.
قَـلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِين
…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 durin
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