The Quran

سورة الطُّور

Surah Al-Tûr 52:12

The Mount · Verse 12 of 49

الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Who indulge in idle talk and who are busy in vain pursuits.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.

Ahmed Ali

Who, ignoring the Reality, engage in pleasantries.

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Ali Unal

Those who are habitually playing, absorbed (in vanities):

Daryabadi

Those who in wading sport themselves.

Faridul Haque

Those who are playing in pursuits.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Who amuse themselves by vain talk.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Who sportingly indulge in idle talk;

Muhammad Asad

all those who [throughout their lives] but idly played with things vain -

Muhammad Musin Khan

Who are playing in falsehood.

Muhammad Pickthall

Who play in talk of grave matters;

Muhammad Sarwar

and who indulged in false disputes against (God's revelations).

Muhammed ali Shakir

Those who sport entering into vain discourses.

Rashad Khalifa

who are in their blundering, heedless.

Shabbir Ahmed

Who peddle the play of shallow rituals.