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Lam-Ayn-Ba
played/sported/gamed/jested/joked, passtime (in an unserious thing), engage in idle sport without meaning or purpose, slaver/drivel, stupid/fool.
la'iba
vb. (1) impf. act.
6:91
وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ~ِ إِذْ قَالُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَشَر ٍ مِنْ شَيْء ٍ قُلْ مَنْ أَنزَلَ الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِه ِِ مُوسَى نُورا ً وَهُدى ً لِلنَّاسِ تَجْعَلُونَه ُُ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيرا ً وَعُلِّمْتُمْ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنْتُمْ وَلاَ آبَاؤُكُمْ قُلِ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِي خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
Wa Mā Qadarū Allāha Ĥaqqa Qadrihi 'Idh Qālū Mā 'Anzala Allāhu `Alá Basharin Min Shay'in Qul Man 'Anzala Al-Kitāba Al-Ladhī Jā'a Bihi Mūsá Nūrāan Wa Hudáan Lilnnāsi Taj`alūnahu Qarāţīsa Tubdūnahā Wa Tukhfūna Kathīrāan Wa `Ullimtum Mā Lam Ta`lamū 'Antum Wa Lā 'Ābā'uukum Quli Allāhu Thumma Dharhum Fī KhawĐihim Yal`abūna
And they did not appreciate God as He deserves to be appreciated, for they said: "God has never sent down anything to any human being." Say: "Who then has sent down the Book which Moses had come with, a light and a guidance for the people? You treat it simply as paper for display, and you conceal much; and you were taught what neither you nor your fathers knew." Say: "God has." Then leave them playing in their folly.
7:98
أَوَ أَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا ضُحى ً وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
'Awa 'Amina 'Ahlu Al-Qurá 'An Ya'tiyahum Ba'sunā Đuĥáan Wa Hum Yal`abūna
Or are the people of the towns sure that Our punishment will not come to them during the late morning while they are playing?
9:65
وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِه ِِ وَرَسُولِه ِِ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
Wa La'in Sa'altahum Layaqūlunna 'Innamā Kunnā NakhūĐu Wa Nal`abu Qul 'Abiālllahi Wa 'Āyātihi Wa Rasūlihi Kuntum Tastahzi'ūna
And if you ask them they say: "We were only jesting and playing." Say: "In God and His revelations and His messenger you were mocking?"
12:12
أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدا ً يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ وَإِنَّا لَه ُُ لَحَافِظُونَ
'Arsilhu Ma`anā Ghadāan Yarta` Wa Yal`ab Wa 'Innā Lahu Laĥāfižūna
"Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and we will take care of him."
21:2
مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْر ٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ مُحْدَث ٍ إِلاَّ اسْتَمَعُوه ُُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
Mā Ya'tīhim Min Dhikrin Min Rabbihim Muĥdathin 'Illā Astama`ūhu Wa Hum Yal`abūna
When a reminder comes to them from their Lord that is recent, they listen to it while playing.
43:83
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّى يُلاَقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Fadharhum YakhūĐū Wa Yal`abū Ĥattá Yulāqū Yawmahumu Al-Ladhī Yū`adūna
So leave them to speak nonsense and play until they meet their Day which they have been promised.
44:9
بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكّ ٍ يَلْعَبُونَ
Bal Hum Fī Shakkin Yal`abūna
No; they are in doubt, playing.
52:12
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي خَوْض ٍ يَلْعَبُونَ
Al-Ladhīna Hum Fī KhawĐin Yal`abūna
Who are in their recklessness, playing.
70:42
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّى يُلاَقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
Fadharhum YakhūĐū Wa Yal`abū Ĥattá Yulāqū Yawmahumu Al-Ladhī Yū`adūna
So let them talk in vain and play, until they meet their Day which they are promised.
n.vb.
5:57
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَتَّخِذُوا الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَكُمْ هُزُوا ً وَلَعِبا ً مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ وَالْكُفَّارَ أَوْلِيَاءَ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنْ كُنتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Yā 'Ayyuhā Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Lā Tattakhidhū Al-Ladhīna Attakhadhū Dīnakum Huzūan Wa La`ibāan Mina Al-Ladhīna 'Ūtū Al-Kitāba Min Qablikum Wa Al-Kuffāra 'Awliyā'a Wa Attaqū Allāha 'In Kuntum Mu'uminīna
O you who believe, do not take as allies those who have taken your system for mockery and play from among those who have been given the Book before you and the rejecters. And be aware of God if you are believers.
5:58
وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوا ً وَلَعِبا ً ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْم ٌ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ
Wa 'Idhā Nādaytum 'Ilá Aş-Şalāati Attakhadhūhā Huzūan Wa La`ibāan Dhālika Bi'annahum Qawmun Lā Ya`qilūna
And if you call to the contact prayer, they take it for mockery and play. That is because they are a people who do not comprehend.
6:32
وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ لَعِب ٌ وَلَهْو ٌ وَلَلدَّارُ الآخِرَةُ خَيْر ٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ
Wa Mā Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā 'Illā La`ibun Wa Lahwun Wa Lalddāru Al-'Ākhiratu Khayrun Lilladhīna Yattaqūna 'Afalā Ta`qilūna
And the worldly life is nothing more than play and distraction, and the abode of the Hereafter is far better for those who are righteous. Do you not comprehend?
6:70
وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَعِبا ً وَلَهْوا ً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ~ِ أَنْ تُبْسَلَ نَفْس ٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيّ ٌ وَلاَ شَفِيع ٌ وَإِنْ تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْل ٍ لاَ يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَا أُوْلَائِكَ الَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُوا بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَهُمْ شَرَاب ٌ مِنْ حَمِيم ٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيم ٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ
Wa Dhari Al-Ladhīna Attakhadhū Dīnahum La`ibāan Wa Lahwan Wa Gharrat/humu Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā Wa Dhakkir Bihi 'An Tubsala Nafsun Bimā Kasabat Laysa Lahā Min Dūni Allāhi Wa Līyun Wa Lā Shafī`un Wa 'In Ta`dil Kulla `Adlin Lā Yu'ukhadh Minhā 'Ūlā'ika Al-Ladhīna 'Ubsilū Bimā Kasabū Lahum Sharābun Min Ĥamīmin Wa `Adhābun 'Alīmun Bimā Kānū Yakfurūna
Leave alone those who have taken their system for play and distraction, and this worldly life has tempted them. And remind with it that a soul will suffer for what it has earned, it will not have besides God any supporter nor intercessor; and even if it brings all justice, none will be accepted from it. These are the ones who have suffered with what they have earned; for them will be a boiling drink, and a painful retribution for what they had rejected.
7:51
الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَهْوا ً وَلَعِبا ً وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فَالْيَوْمَ نَنسَاهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا لِقَاءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَذَا وَمَا كَانُوا بِآيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ
Al-Ladhīna Attakhadhū Dīnahum Lahwan Wa La`ibāan Wa Gharrat/humu Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā Fālyawma Nansāhum Kamā Nasū Liqā'a Yawmihim Hādhā Wa Mā Kānū Bi'āyātinā Yajĥadūna
The ones who took their system for distraction and play, and were preoccupied with this worldly life. Today We forget them as they forgot their meeting on this Day, and they did not heed Our revelations.
29:64
وَمَا هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ لَهْو ٌ وَلَعِب ٌ وَإِنَّ الدَّارَ الآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
Wa Mā Hadhihi Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā 'Illā Lahwun Wa La`ibun Wa 'Inna Ad-Dāra Al-'Ākhirata Lahiya Al-Ĥayawānu Law Kānū Ya`lamūna
And this worldly life is no more than distraction and play, while the abode of the Hereafter is the reality, if only they knew.
47:36
إِنَّمَا الحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِب ٌ وَلَهْو ٌ وَإِنْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَتَتَّقُوا يُؤْتِكُمْ أُجُورَكُمْ وَلاَ يَسْأَلْكُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ
'Innamā Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā La`ibun Wa Lahwun Wa 'In Tu'uminū Wa Tattaqū Yu'utikum 'Ujūrakum Wa Lā Yas'alkum 'Amwālakum
The worldly life is no more than play and distraction. But if you believe and lead a righteous life, He will reward you, and He will not ask you for your wealth.
57:20
اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِب ٌ وَلَهْو ٌ وَزِينَة ٌ وَتَفَاخُر ٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُر ٌ فِي الأَمْوالِ وَالأَوْلاَدِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُه ُُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاه ُُ مُصْفَرّا ً ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَاما ً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ عَذَاب ٌ شَدِيد ٌ وَمَغْفِرَة ٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَان ٌ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
A`lamū 'Annamā Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā La`ibun Wa Lahwun Wa Zīnatun Wa Tafākhurun Baynakum Wa Takāthurun Fī Al-'Amwli Wa Al-'Awlādi Kamathali Ghaythin 'A`jaba Al-Kuffāra Nabātuhu Thumma Yahīju Fatarāhu Muşfarrāan Thumma Yakūnu Ĥuţāmāan Wa Fī Al-'Ākhirati `Adhābun Shadīdun Wa Maghfiratun Mina Allāhi Wa RiĐwānun Wa Mā Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā 'Illā Matā`u Al-Ghurūri
Know that the worldly life is no more than play and distraction and adornments, and boasting among you, and to increase in wealth and children. It is like plants that are supplied by an abundant rain, which appear pleasing to the rejecters. But then they dry-up and turn yellow, and become useless hay. And in the Hereafter there is severe retribution, and forgiveness fromGod and acceptance. This worldly life is no more than a deceiving enjoyment.
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21:16
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لاَعِبِينَ
Wa Mā Khalaqnā As-Samā'a Wa Al-'ArĐa Wa Mā Baynahumā Lā`ibīna
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them for entertainment.
21:55
قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا بِالْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنْتَ مِنَ اللاَّعِبِينَ
Qālū 'Aji'tanā Bil-Ĥaqqi 'Am 'Anta Mina Al-Lā`ibīna
They said: "Have you come to us with the truth, or are you simply playing?"
44:38
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لاَعِبِينَ
Wa Mā Khalaqnā As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'ArĐa Wa Mā Baynahumā Lā`ibīna
And We have not created the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, for mere play.
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