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Surah 70. Al-Ma'arij, Ayah 42

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فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Fa th arhum yakhoo d oo wayalAAaboo h att a yul a qoo yawmahumu alla th ee yooAAadoon a
Hence, leave them to indulge in idle talk and play [with words]19 until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs which they have been promised -
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., their philosophising about a supposedly "uncreated" world and a hypothetical "self-generation" of life, as well as their blatant "denial", unsupported by any factual evidence, of a life after death or even of the existence of God.

Therefore, leave them to plunge in vain talk and blunder about until they face that Day of theirs which they are being promised.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
So let them indulge 'in falsehood' and amuse 'themselves' until they face their Day, which they have been threatened with-
  - Mustafa Khattab
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised--
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! 5703
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Their talk, their scepticism, is vain, because all spiritual evidence is against it; it is like the foolish play of people who do not think seriously. But the tremendous Day of Judgment and Reality will come, as described in the next two verses.

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