The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders 70:42

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Arabic English Morphology
So leave them V
يَخُوضُوا۟ yakhūḍū
(to) converse vainly V
and amuse themselves V
حَتَّىٰ ḥattā
until Prep
they meet V
their Day Noun
ٱلَّذِى alladhī
which Noun
يُوعَدُونَ yūʿadūna
they are promised V

So leave them to wallow in idle talk, until they come face to face with their promised Day

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَذَرۡهُمۡ یَخُوضُوا۟ وَیَلۡعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٢

Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona