7:169
فَخَلَفَ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِهِمْ
خَلْفٌۭ
وَرِثُوا۟
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
يَأْخُذُونَ
عَرَضَ
هَـٰذَا
ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ
وَيَقُولُونَ
سَيُغْفَرُ
لَنَا
وَإِن
يَأْتِهِمْ
عَرَضٌۭ
مِّثْلُهُۥ
يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ
أَلَمْ
يُؤْخَذْ
عَلَيْهِم
مِّيثَـٰقُ
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
أَن
لَّا
يَقُولُوا۟
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
إِلَّا
ٱلْحَقَّ
وَدَرَسُوا۟
مَا
فِيهِ ۗ
وَٱلدَّارُ
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ
خَيْرٌۭ
لِّلَّذِينَ
يَتَّقُونَ ۗ
أَفَلَا
تَعْقِلُونَ
١٦٩
and they were succeeded by generations who, although they inherited the Scripture, took the fleeting gains of this lower world, saying, ‘We shall be forgiven,’ and indeed taking them again if other such gains came their way. Was a pledge not taken from them, writ-ten in the Scripture, to say nothing but the truth about God? And they have studied its contents well. For those who are mindful of God, the Hereafter is better. ‘Why do you not use your reason?’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem