فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٞ وَرِثُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَأۡخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغۡفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأۡتِهِمۡ عَرَضٞ مِّثۡلُهُۥ يَأۡخُذُوهُۚ أَلَمۡ يُؤۡخَذۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّيثَٰقُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَقَّ وَدَرَسُواْ مَا فِيهِۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٦٩
Fakhalafa mim baʿdihim khalfuw warithul-kitāba yaʾkhudhūna ʿaraḍa hādhal-adnā wa yaqūlūna sayughfaru lanā wa iy yaʾtihim ʿaraḍum mithluhū yaʾkhudhūh, alam yuʾkhadh ʿalayhim mīthāqul-kitābi al lā yaqūlū ʿalallāhi illal-ḥaqqa wa darasū mā fīh, wad-dārul-ākhiratu khayrul lil-ladhīna yattaqūn, afalā taʿqilūn.
And there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture [while] taking the commodities1 of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it2 comes to them, they will [again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] taken from them that they would not say about Allāh except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allāh, so will you not use reason?
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- i.e., unlawful gains and pleasures.
- i.e., a similar temptation.