ع ب ث ʿ-b-th
تَعْبَثُونَ / عَبَثًا
taʿbathūn / ʿabathan
(lit., to randomly mix up things together, hence, to act aimlessly without purpose) to be without purpose
Definition
- 1تَعْبَثُونَ / عَبَثًاtaʿbathūn / ʿabathanto be without purpose2
Total uses in the Qur’an: 2
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
تَعْبَثُونَ · عَبَثًا
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
Why do you build a landmark on every high place in vanity?
26:128draft glosses: 5 of 5
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًۭا
Did you then think that We had created you without purpose?
23:115draft glosses: 4 of 4
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed