عبثا

Adverbial accusative of عَبَث‎ (ʕabaṯ, “vain”).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ba.θan/

عَبَثًا • (ʕabaṯan)

1. for no purpose, in play, uselessly, for nothing, futilely
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 23:115:

     ‏أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ‎

     ʔafaḥasibtum ʔannamā ḵalaqnākum ʕabaṯan wa-ʔannakum ʔilaynā lā turjaʕūna

     Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?

• بَاطِلًا‎ (bāṭilan)

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