then after them succeeded an generation which inherited the book but they chose the goods of this low life saying will be forgiven to us. and if the offer of the like came their way they would seize them . was not the covenant of the book taken from them that they would not say about allah anything but the truth and they have studied what is in it . and the home in the hereafter is better for those who have taqwa. do not you then understand
فخلف من بعدهم خلف ورثوا الكتاب يأخذون عرض هذا الأدنى ويقولون سيغفر لنا وإن يأتهم عرض مثله يأخذوه ألم يؤخذ عليهم ميثاق الكتاب أن لا يقولوا على الله إلا الحق ودرسوا ما فيه والدار الآخرة خير للذين يتقون أفلا تعقلون