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And He has already sent down to you, in the Scripture: when you hear the signs of God being disowned and mocked, do not remain seated with them, until they immerse themselves in another discourse;

And when you see those who immerse themselves in Our signs, turn away from them, until they immerse themselves in another discourse.

then forsake them to their vain talk, in which they play.

And if you question them, they will surely say: "We were only immersing ourselves and playing."

Like those who preceded you: they were superior to you in strength, and had more goods and children; they enjoyed their allotment, and you have enjoyed your allotment as those before you enjoyed their allotment, and you have immersed yourselves as they immersed themselves.

So let them be: let them immerse themselves and play, until they meet their Day, the one they are promised.

woe, that Day, to the deniers, those who play in vain talk.

So let them be: let them immerse themselves and play, until they meet their Day, the one they are promised — the Day they will emerge from the sepulchres rapidly as if racing toward an erected marker, their sights humble, humiliation veiling them.

They will say, "We were not of those who made contact, nor did we use to feed the destitute, and we used to immerse ourselves with those who immersed themselves, and we used to deny the Day of the Due, until certainty came to us."