أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ ١١٥
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"
The root ع ب ث (ʿ-b-th) in the Quran
2 occurrences in 2 verses and 2 surahs · 2 derived words
Every Quranic word built on this root is counted, prefixes and suffixes included (و، ب، ال…), in the Hafs reading.
Words built on this root
Surahs where it occurs most
The 2 verses
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ ١٢٨
Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,
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