سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٢
مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ٢
mā yatīhim min dhik'rin min rabbihim muḥ'dathin illā is'tamaʿūhu wahum yalʿabūna
No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
Verse 2 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:2), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 322 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
80 recitations by 74 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
And no part of the Qur’ān which is newly revealed comes to them except that they listen to it without benefiting, but rather playful listening, without caring about its contents.
Whenever new revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it in jest,
Comes not unto them an admonition (a chapter of the Qur’ân) from their Lord as a recent revelation but they listen to it while they play
Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play,
Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest,-
There comes not to them a new reminder from their Lord but they hear it while they sport,
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.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.
