and they have been succeeded by generations who having inherited the divine writclutch but at the fleeting good of this lower world and say we shall be forgiven the while they are ready if another such fleeting good should come their way to clutch at it . have they not been solemnly pledged through the divine writ not to attribute unto god aught but what is true and read again and again all that is therein? since the life in the hereafter is the better for all who are conscious of god will you not then use your reason?
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