فَخَلَفَ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِهِمۡ

خَلۡفٞ

وَرِثُواْ

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

يَأۡخُذُونَ

عَرَضَ

هَٰذَا

ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ

وَيَقُولُونَ

سَيُغۡفَرُ

لَنَا

وَإِن

يَأۡتِهِمۡ

عَرَضٞ

مِّثۡلُهُۥ

يَأۡخُذُوهُۚ

أَلَمۡ

يُؤۡخَذۡ

عَلَيۡهِم

مِّيثَٰقُ

ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ

أَن

لَّا

يَقُولُواْ

عَلَى

ٱللَّهِ

إِلَّا

ٱلۡحَقَّ

وَدَرَسُواْ

مَا

فِيهِۗ

وَٱلدَّارُ

ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ

خَيۡرٞ

لِّلَّذِينَ

يَتَّقُونَۚ

أَفَلَا

تَعۡقِلُونَ

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?’