Quran 21 : 2

Not comes to them of a Reminder from their Lord, anew except they listen to it while they (are at) play
مَا
يَأْتِيهِم
Yaatīhim
مِّن
Mmin
ذِكْرٍ
Dhikrin
مِّن
Mmin
رَّبِّهِم
Rrabbihim
مُّحْدَثٍ
Mmuḥdathin
إِلَّا
Iillā
ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ
Istamaʿūhu
وَهُمْ
Wahum
يَلْعَبُونَ
Yalʿabūna

Ahmed Hulusi

They listen to every new admonition from their Rabb in mockery!

N J Dawood 2014

They listen with ridicule to each fresh warning that their Lord gives them

The Wise Quran

No new reminder comes to them from their Lord, but they listen while they play,

Talal Itani (2012)

No fresh reminder comes to them from their Lord, but they listen to it playfully

Edward Henry Palmer

No reminder comes to them from their Lord of late, but they listen while they mock

John Medows Rodwell

Every fresh warning that cometh to them from their Lord they only hear to mock it,

Musharraf Hussain

Whenever a new revelation from your Lord comes to them they listen to it playfully,

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Whenever any admonition comes to them from their Lord, they hear it not but sporting.

Amatul Rahman Omar

No new Reminder comes to them from their Lord but they listen to it in a playful mood

Linda "iLham" Barto

Every time a new reminder comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it in jest.

Rashad Khalifa

When a proof comes to them from their Lord, that is new, they listen to it heedlessly.

Abdel Haleem

Whenever any fresh revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it playfull

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Whatever new reminder comes to them from their Lord, they only listen to it jokingly,

Maulana Muhammad Ali

There comes not to them a new Reminder from their Lord but they hear it while they sport

Mustaqim

Whenever a new reminder comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it whilst playing.

Shakir

There comes not to them a new reminder from their Lord but they hear it while they sport

Safi Kaskas

Every time a new message comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it while they play,

Ahmed Ali

Never does a new reminder come to them from their Lord but they listen to it with dalliance

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

When a reminder comes to them from their Lord that is recent, they listen to it while playing.

Arthur John Arberry

no Remembrance from their Lord comes to them lately renewed, but they listen to it yet playing

Bijan Moeinian

The Lord’s message is being presented to them while they are carelessly kidding about it

Muhammad Sarwar

Whenever a new revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it in a playful manner

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Whenever a revelation comes to them from their Lord, fresh, they listen to it while they play.

The Study Quran

No new Reminder came unto them from their Lord, but that they listened to it while they played

Irving/Hegab

No fresh reminder ever comes to them from their Lord except they listen to it as they play away,

T.B.Irving

No fresh reminder ever comes to them from their Lord except they listen to it as they play away,

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

No mention comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at pla

Aisha Bewley

No fresh reminder comes to them from their Lord without their listening to it as if it was a game.

Faridul Haque

Whenever a new advice comes to them from their Lord, they do not listen to it except while playing

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest,

Ali Quli Qara'i

There does not come to them any new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it as they play around

Corpus.Quran

Not comes to them of a Reminder from their Lord anew except they listen to it while they (are at) play

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

No fresh message of advice comes to them from their Lord, but they listen to it as if they were playing

Shabbir Ahmed

Whenever a new Reminder comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it with playful amusement. (26:5)

Bilal Muhammad 2018

There has never come to them a renewed message from their Lord that they did not listen to without regard

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

There cometh not unto them a fresh admonition from their Lord but they listen to it while they are playing

Munir Mezyed

Whenever a new ‘Revelation’ comes to them from their Lord to admonish them, they listen to it yet playing,

Bakhtiari Nejad

Whenever a new reminder comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it while they play (and joke around).

Dr. Munir Munshey

When a fresh narrative from their Lord reaches them, they (barely) hear it, then they resume their pastimes

Maududi

Whenever any fresh admonition comes to them from their Lord they barely heed it and remain immersed in play

Wahiduddin Khan

Whenever any fresh admonition comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it, but do not take it seriously

Hamid S. Aziz

No new reminder comes to them from their Lord, but they listen to it as in (or while they play (or as a jest)

Mir Aneesuddin

(The time for giving) an account of their deeds has come near for mankind yet they turn away in heedlessness.

Sher Ali

There comes not to them any new admonition from their Lord, but they listen to it while they make sport of it

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

No recent revival of the remembrance comes to them from their Lord, except that they play with it as they liste

Fode Drame

Nothing comes to them of renewed remembrance from their Lord but that they listen to it while they are sporting.

Mohammad Shafi

No aspect of divinity comes to them from their Lord in the form of a fresh anecdote but they listen to it in jes

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Approaches them not a remembrance from their Lord, that which is renewed, but they listened to it while they play

Muhammad Asad

Whenever there comes unto them any new reminder from their Sustainer, they but listen to it with playful amusement

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Not even (a little) of a new Message comes to them from their Lord, but they (only) listen to it as they play—

MunirMezyed2023

Whenever a new Revelation Knowledge comes to them from their Lord (to admonish them), they listen to it yet playing.

Abdul Hye

(Every time) an admonition from their Lord comes to them as a recent revelation, but they listen to it while they play.

Samy Mahdy

It did not come to them from their Lord among updating reminders except they are listening to it while they are playing.

Ali Ünal

Whenever a new Revelation comes to them from their Lord to warn and enlighten them, they only listen to it in a playful manner

George Sale

No admonition cometh unto them from their Lord, being lately revealed in the Koran, but when they hear it, they turn it to sport

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Whenever some new admonition comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it (with such carelessness) as if they are engaged in sport

Hilali - Khan

Comes not unto them an admonition (a chapter of the Quran) from their Lord as a recent revelation but they listen to it while they play

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

None from a remembrance/reminder initiated/originated from their Lord, comes to them except they heard/listened (to) it and (while) they are playing/amusing

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

In no way does any Remembrance from their Lord come up to them a recent discourse (i.e., recently revealed) except that they listen to it (while) they are playing

Dr. Kamal Omar

There comes not to them from Zikr from their Nourisher-Sustainer afresh, but they listened to it (without attention) while they play (and keep involved in non-serious matters)