Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights), ayah 169
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فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا الْكِتَابَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَٰذَا الْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِنْ يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِثْلُهُ يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِيثَاقُ الْكِتَابِ أَنْ لَا يَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا مَا فِيهِ ۗ وَالدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Translation by words
- فَخَلَفَ
- Then succeeded
- مِنۢ
- from
- بَعْدِهِمْ
- after them
- خَلْفٌ
- successors
- وَرِثُوا۟
- (who) inherited
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
- the Book
- يَأْخُذُونَ
- taking
- عَرَضَ
- goods
- هَٰذَا
- (of) this
- ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ
- the lower (life)
- وَيَقُولُونَ
- and they say,
- سَيُغْفَرُ
- "It will be forgiven
- لَنَا
- for us."
- وَإِن
- And if
- يَأْتِهِمْ
- comes to them
- عَرَضٌ
- goods
- مِّثْلُهُۥ
- similar to it
- يَأْخُذُوهُ
- they will take it.
- أَلَمْ
- Was not
- يُؤْخَذْ
- taken
- عَلَيْهِم
- on them
- مِّيثَٰقُ
- Covenant
- ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
- (of) the Book
- أَن
- that
- لَّا
- not
- يَقُولُوا۟
- they will say
- عَلَى
- about
- ٱللَّهِ
- Allah
- إِلَّا
- except
- ٱلْحَقَّ
- the truth
- وَدَرَسُوا۟
- while they studied
- مَا
- what
- فِيهِ
- (is) in it?
- وَٱلدَّارُ
- And the home
- ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ
- (of) the Hereafter
- خَيْرٌ
- (is) better
- لِّلَّذِينَ
- for those who
- يَتَّقُونَ
- fear Allah.
- أَفَلَا
- So will not
- تَعْقِلُونَ
- you use intellect?
And there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture (while) taking the commodities of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it comes to them, they will (again) take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture taken from them that they would not say about Allah except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allah, so will you not use reason?
7:169
Translation: Saheeh International