The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:169
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
Their descendants who inherited the Book gained (by bribery only) worthless things from the worldly life saying, "We shall be forgiven (for what we have done). They would have even doubled such gains if they could have received more. Did they not make a covenant (with God) in the Book not to speak any thing other than the Truth about God and to study its contents well? The life hereafter is much better for the pious ones. Will you not then think?