فَخَلَفَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِہِمْ خَلْفٌ وَّرِثُوا الْكِتٰبَ يَاْخُذُوْنَ عَرَضَ ہٰذَا الْاَدْنٰى وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا۰ۚ وَاِنْ يَّاْتِہِمْ عَرَضٌ مِّثْلُہٗ يَاْخُذُوْہُ۰ۭ اَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْہِمْ مِّيْثَاقُ الْكِتٰبِ اَنْ لَّا يَقُوْلُوْا عَلَي اللہِ اِلَّا الْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوْا مَا فِيْہِ۰ۭ وَالدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَۃُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ يَتَّقُوْنَ۰ۭ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ۱۶۹
Fakhalafa min baAAdihim khalfun warithoo alkitaba yakhuthoona AAarada hatha aladna wayaqooloona sayughfaru lana wain yatihim AAaradun mithluhu yakhuthoohu alam yukhath AAalayhim meethaqu alkitabi an la yaqooloo AAala Allahi illa alhaqqa wadarasoo ma feehi waalddaru alakhiratu khayrun lillatheena yattaqoona afala taAAqiloona
Then after them a new generation inherited the Book. They took to the things of this base world, and said: "We shall (surely) be forgiven this." Yet they will accept similar things if they came their way again. Had they not been covenanted in the Book to say nothing in the name of God but the truth? And they have read this in it. The abode of the life to come is better for those who fear God. Can they not comprehend?
