Then others succeeded them who inherited the scriptures, and yet kept themselves occupied in acquiring the goods of this world and kept saying: 'We shall be forgiven.' And when there comes to them an opportunity for acquiring more of those goods, they seize it. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? And they have read what is in the Book and know that the abode of the Hereafter is better for the God-fearing. Do you not understand?
بعد از اينان گروهى به جايشان نشستند و وارث آن كتاب شدند كه به متاع دنيوى دل بستند و گفتند كه به زودى آمرزيده مى‌شويم. و اگر همانند آن باز هم متاعى بيابند برگيرند. آيا از ايشان پيمان نگرفته‌اند كه درباره خدا جز به راستى سخن نگويند، حال آنكه آنچه در آن كتاب آمده بود خوانده بودند؟ سراى آخرت براى كسانى كه مى‌پرهيزند بهتر است. آيا تعقل نمى‌كنيد؟