51 Preface الَّذينَ اتَّخَذوا دينَهُم لَهوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتهُمُ الحَياةُ الدُّنيا ۚ فَاليَومَ نَنساهُم كَما نَسوا لِقاءَ يَومِهِم هٰذا وَما كانوا بِآياتِنا يَجحَدونَYusuf Ali“Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were deceived by the life of the world.” That day shall We forget them1 as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our signs.“Forgetfulness” may be involuntary, from a defect of memory, or figuratively, a deliberate turning away from, or ignoring of, something we do not want, as when we say in an argument, “you conveniently forget that so-and-so is so-and-so.” Here the latter kind is meant. If men deliberately ignored the Hereafter in spite of warnings, can they expect to be received by God, Whom they themselves rejected? (Cf. 9:67 and 45:34).