Al-Anbya Verse 2

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

Whenever new revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it in jest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 .

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

Their reckoning draws nigh to men, yet in heedlessness they turn aside.

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,

Their reckoning draw nigh to men, and they turn away in heedlessness.

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

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

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

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

Comes not unto them an admonition from their Lord as a recent revelation but they listen to it while they play.

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

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

There does not come to them any new reminder from their Lord, [revealed] gradually, in other words, [new] words of the Qur'n, but they listen to it as they play, [as they] engage in mockery,

مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مَّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ

Comes not unto them an admonition from their Lord as a recent revelation,

meaning, newly-revealed,

إِلاَّ اسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ



لَااهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ

but they listen to it while they play. With their hearts occupied.

This is like what Ibn Abbas said,

"Why do you ask the People of the Book about what they have, which has been altered and distorted, and they have added things and taken things away, when your Book is the most recently revealed from Allah, and you read it pure and unadulterated"

Al-Bukhari recorded something similar to this.

وَأَسَرُّواْ النَّجْوَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ

Those who do wrong, conceal their private counsels,

meaning, what they say to one another in secret.

هَلْ هَذَا إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ

Is this more than a human being like you!

meaning, the Messenger of Allah.

They did not believe that he could be a Prophet because he was a human being like them, so how could he have been singled out to receive revelation, and not them!