Like those before you who were greater in strength, had more wealth and children than you, who enjoyed their lot in this world, as you have enjoyed your share like them. You indulge in idle talk, as they had indulged in vain discourse. Yet nothing of what they did remains in this world or will in the next, and they are the losers.
[شما منافقان‌] مانند آن كسانى هستيد كه پيش از شما بودند. [و] نيرويى افزون‌تر از شما داشتند و دارايى و اولادشان بيشتر بود. آنان از بهره‌ى خود استفاده كردند، شما نيز همان طور كه پيشينيانتان بهره‌مند شدند از بهره‌ى خود استفاده كرده‌ايد، و شما بيهوده گفت