They were succeeded by generations who inherited the Scripture and took to the fleeting gains of this world, saying, "We shall certainly be forgiven." If there came to them similar fleeting gains again, they would take them. Was a pledge not taken from them, written in the Scripture, that they would not say anything but the truth about God? And they have studied whatever is in it. Surely the Home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Him. Will you not understand?
آن‌گاه بعد از آنان نسلى به جايشان نشستند و وارث كتاب [آسمانى‌] شدند كه متاع دنياى پست را [به نامشروع‌]. مى‌گيرند و مى‌گويند: ما بخشيده خواهيم شد، و اگر متاع ديگرى همانند آن به ايشان برسد باز آن را مى‌گيرند. آيا از آنها در كتاب، كه محتواى آن را آموخت