Help keep us
online.
Donate today
Click here:
Thank you!
Ayn-Ba-Th
to play sport in a frivolous manner, amuse one's self, busy one's self about trifles, in vain/sport/play, nonsense, useless.
abatha
vb. (1) impf. act. 2nd. m. pl.
26:128
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيع ٍ آيَة ً تَعْبَثُونَ
'Atabnūna Bikulli Rī`in 'Āyatan Ta`bathūna
"Do you build on every high place a symbol, for the sake of vanity!"
n. vb. acc.
23:115
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثا ً وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لاَ تُرْجَعُونَ
'Afaĥasibtum 'Annamā Khalaqnākum `Abathāan Wa 'Annakum 'Ilaynā Lā Turja`ūna
"Did you think that We have created you without purpose, and that you would not return to Us?"
Acknowledgements:
IslamAwakened would like to thank all those who made these Root Pages possible.
In their formulation we have drawn from the work of ...
Hans Wehr Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar All the believers at www.studyquran.org