Concordance
عبث (bth)
The root عبث (Ebth) primarily means to mix or mingle. It also describes playing, sporting, or engaging in unprofitable actions.
Concordance — 2 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root عبث appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Verb (1 verse)
The Poets 26:128
Verb
أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِیعٍ ءَایَةࣰ تَعۡبَثُونَ ١٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves
Abdel Haleem:
How can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight
Noun (1 verse)
The Believers 23:115
Noun
أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ عَبَثࣰا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَیۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ١١٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"
Abdel Haleem:
Did you think We had created you in vain, and that you would not be brought back to Us?’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Deemed ye then that We had created you for naught, and that ye would not be returned unto Us