The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
Page #172
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فَخَلَفَ
مِن
بَعْدِهِمْ
خَلْفٌ
وَرِثُوا
الْكِتَابَ
يَأْخُذُونَ
عَرَضَ
هَذَا
الْأَدْنَى
وَيَقُولُونَ
سَيُغْفَرُ
لَنَا
وَإِن
يَأْتِهِمْ
عَرَضٌ
مِّثْلُهُ
يَأْخُذُوهُ
أَلَمْ
يُؤْخَذْ
عَلَيْهِم
مِّيثَاقُ
الْكِتَابِ
أَن
لَّا
يَقُولُوا
عَلَى
اللَّهِ
إِلَّا
الْحَقَّ
وَدَرَسُوا
مَا
فِيهِ
وَالدَّارُ
الْآخِرَةُ
خَيْرٌ
لِّلَّذِينَ
يَتَّقُونَ
أَفَلَا
تَعْقِلُونَ
fa-khalafa min baʿdihim khalfun warithū l-kitāba yaʾkhudhūna ʿaraḍa hādhā l-ʾadnā wa-yaqūlūna sa-yughfaru lanā wa-ʾin yaʾtihim ʿaraḍun mithluhū yaʾkhudhūhu ʾa-lam yuʾkhadh ʿalayhim mīthāqu l-kitābi ʾan lā yaqūlū ʿalā llāhi ʾillā l-ḥaqqa wa-darasū mā fīhi wa-d-dāru l-ʾākhiratu khayrun li-lladhīna yattaqūna ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna
Then they were succeeded by an evil posterity, which inherited the Book: they grab the transitory gains of this lower world, and say, ‘It will be forgiven us.’ And if similar transitory gains were to come their way, they would grab them too. Was not the covenant of the Book taken with them that they shall not attribute anything to Allah except the truth? They have studied what is in it, and [know that] the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who are Godwary. Do you not exercise your reason?
— Ali Quli Qarai
After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand?
