70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 42
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتّٰى يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذ۪ي يُوعَدُونَۙ
Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon
So leave them to plunge and play around until they meet their Day which they are promised.
- Progressive Muslims
So let them talk in vain and play, until they meet their Day which they are promised.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised.
- Sam Gerrans
So leave thou them to discourse vainly and play until they meet their day which they are promised:
- The Monotheist Group
So let them talk in vain and play, until they meet their Day which they are promised.
- Edip-Layth
So let them talk in vain and play, until they meet their day which they are promised.
- Aisha Bewley
So leave them to plunge and play around until they meet their Day which they are promised.
- Rashad Khalifa
Therefore, let them blunder and play, until they meet the day that is awaiting them.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
So leave them to their vain disputes and amusement till they meet their day (of reckoning) promised them,
- Sahih International
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -
- Muhammad Asad
Hence, leave them to indulge in idle talk and play [with words] until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs which they have been promised –
- Marmaduke Pickthall
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
so let them O Muhammad keep denying the truth and continue to adhere to their own vain course, and be held by their own opinions and drown themselves in the nonsensical until they resolutely face the Day which they have been promised;
- Bijan Moeinian
Be patient with them and you will witness the Day that your Lord has promised.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
So leave them to plunge in vain talk[1] and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised -
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised!-
- Mustafa Khattab
So let them indulge ˹in falsehood˺ and amuse ˹themselves˺ until they face their Day, which they have been threatened with—
- Taqi Usmani
So, leave them involved in pastime and play until they encounter their Day, which they are promised,
- Abdul Haleem
So leave them to wallow in idle talk, until they come face to face with their promised Day,
- Arthur John Arberry
Then leave them alone to plunge and play until they encounter that day of theirs which they are promised,
- E. Henry Palmer
So leave them to plunge in discussion, and to play until they meet that day of theirs which they are threatened with,
- Hamid S. Aziz
Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that Day of theirs with which they are warned;
- Mahmoud Ghali
So leave them out to wade (Or: be engrossed "in vain talk") and play until they meet the Day of theirs which they are promised.
- George Sale
Wherefore suffer them to wade in vain disputes, and to amuse themselves with sport: Until they meet their day with which they have been threatened;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
So, leave them to sink in idle talk and play about— Until they encounter that Day of theirs that they have been promised!
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Therefore, leave them alone to indulge in unimportant conversation and to amuse themselves (in idle pursuits) until they meet that day of theirs that they are warned of,
- Ali Quli Qarai
So leave them to gossip and play until they encounter their day, which they are promised: