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Al-Furqan 25:77

يَعْبَؤُا۟

Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): My Lord would not concern Himself with you but for your prayer. But now ye have denied (the Truth), therefor there will be judgment

They did not form any proper estimate of Allah when they said: 'Allah has not revealed anything to any man.' Ask them: 'The Book which Moses brought as a light and guidance for men and which you keep in bits and scraps, some of which you disclose while the rest you conceal, even though through it you were taught that which neither you nor your forefathers knew -who was it who revealed it?' Say: 'Allah!'- and then leave them to sport with their argumentation

Or, do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them by daylight while they are at play

As for the boat it belonged to some poor people who worked on the river, and I desired to damage it for beyond them lay the dominion of a king who was wont to seize every boat by force

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

We did not create in sport the heavens and the earth and all that lies between the two

They said: "Are you expressing your true ideas before us or are you jesting

So leave them alone to indulge in their vanities and to frolic about until they encounter that Day of theirs against which they have been warned

(But the fact is, they lack certainty) and frolic about in doubt

It was not in idle sport that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them

and amuse themselves with vain argumentation

So leave them to engage in vain talk and to amuse themselves until they come face to face with the Day which they are promised