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Sura 7
Aya 169
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فَخَلَفَ مِن بَعدِهِم خَلفٌ وَرِثُوا الكِتابَ يَأخُذونَ عَرَضَ هٰذَا الأَدنىٰ وَيَقولونَ سَيُغفَرُ لَنا وَإِن يَأتِهِم عَرَضٌ مِثلُهُ يَأخُذوهُ ۚ أَلَم يُؤخَذ عَلَيهِم ميثاقُ الكِتابِ أَن لا يَقولوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الحَقَّ وَدَرَسوا ما فيهِ ۗ وَالدّارُ الآخِرَةُ خَيرٌ لِلَّذينَ يَتَّقونَ ۗ أَفَلا تَعقِلونَ

N. J. Dawood

Then others succeeded them who inherited the Book and took to the vanities of this nether life. ‘We shall be forgiven,’ they said. And if such vanities came their way once more, they would again indulge in them. Are they not committed in the Scriptures, which they have studied well, to tell nothing of God but what is true? Surely the world to come is a better prize for those that keep from evil. Have you no sense?