Quran 21:2 Translations ⓘ

Al-Anbiya' (The Prophets) 21:2

مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا اسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Transliteration

Ma yateehim min thikrin min rabbihim muhdathin illa istamaAAoohu wahum yalAAaboona

Ahmad Ali

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

Ali Qarai

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

Amhad Khan

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

Arberry

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

Corpus Quran

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

Daryabadi

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

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,

Maududi

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

Muhammad Sarwar

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

Muhammad Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Qaribullah

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

Sahih Intl

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

Talal Itani

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

Wahihuddin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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