The Holy Quran 23:115 — Surah Al-Mu'minun

Arabic text

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Translation

"(While living in the world,) Did you think that We had created you in vain (for no purpose) and that you would not return to Us (to answer for what you did in the world)?"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Without a second life, the life of this world is purposeless: that is, in the world the full result of good and evil is not received. If there were no second life after this one, then this whole workshop of creation would have been mere play and amusement, without any outcome.

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