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Surah At-Tur, Verse 12

سورة الطور، الآية ١٢

52:12 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 523 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 52:12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ ۝١٢

Transliteration

alladhīna hum fī khawḍin yalʿabūna

Translation

Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

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Verse 12 of Surah At-Tur (52:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 523 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 12

Al-Mukhtasar

Those who are in their discourse in falsehood, playing. They do not care about resurrection or being raised.

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Other translations of verse 12

those who amuse themselves in falsehood.

Who are playing in falsehood3.

Notes

[3] (V.52:12) Busy in disbelief and evil deeds in this world, that are trials (for mankind), and they are ignoring their eternal end (i.e. punishment in the Fire of Hell, forever).

Who play in talk of grave matters;

That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.

Those who sport entering into vain discourses.

They are the ones who play at their wading, (i.e., become absorbed)

Verse 12 word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Who
  2. هُمْ hum [they]
  3. فِى fī in
  4. خَوْضٍ khawḍin (vain) discourse خ و ض
  5. يَلْعَبُونَ yalʿabūna are playing ل ع ب

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  • Al-Mu’minun 23:2

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى صَلَاتِهِمْ خَٰشِعُونَ

    They who are during their prayer humbly intent

  • Adh-Dhariyat 51:11

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَ

    Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

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