الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ (12)
(52:12) and amuse themselves with vain argumentation. *9
*9) It means that they are mocking and ridiculing the news of Resurrection, Hereafter, Heaven and Hell when they hear it from the Prophet, and instead of ' considering it seriously they are disputing it only for fun and amusement. Their discussions of the Hereafter are not meant to understand the reality, but only to amuse themselves, and they do not at all realize the fate for which they arc destined.