Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
all those who [throughout their lives] but idly played with things vain –
Arthur John Arberry
such as play at plunging
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles
Arabic
ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی خَوۡضࣲ یَلۡعَبُونَ ١٢
Transliteration (2021)
alladhīna hum fī khawḍin yalʿabūn