أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Quran glossary · draft
العَبَث
act pointlessly
Purposeless or frivolous action disconnected from a worthy outcome.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: عبث
Lemmas: عبث · تعبث
Forms: عَبَثًا · تَعْبَثُ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
Why this meaning was chosen
Both occurrences were reviewed. The abstract noun denies purposeless creation, while the form I verb rebukes monumental building undertaken as frivolous display.