فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Quran 70:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Al-Ma'arij (“The Ascending Stairways”), a Meccan surah of 44 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 570 of the Madani Mushaf.

Juz 29
Hizb 57
Page 570
Ruku 2
Revealed Mecca

70:42

فَذَرْهُمْيَخُوضُوا۟وَيَلْعَبُوا۟حَتَّىٰيُلَٰقُوا۟يَوْمَهُمُٱلَّذِىيُوعَدُونَ٤٢

fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūna

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -(42)

Word by word

فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumSo leave them
يَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍū(to) converse vainly
وَيَلْعَبُوا۟wayalʿabūand amuse themselves
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُلَٰقُوا۟yulāqūthey meet
يَوْمَهُمُyawmahumutheir Day
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey are promised

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