فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌۭ وَرِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَٰذَا ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌۭ مِّثْلُهُۥ يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَٰقُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ ۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
How to read it
Fakhalafa min[m] baʻ'dihim' khal'fun warithū l-kitāba ya''khudhūna ʻaraḍa hādhā l-'ad'nā wayaqūlūna sayugh'faru lanā wa'in ya''tihim' ʻaraḍun mmith'luhu ya''khudhūhu . 'alam' yu''khadh' ʻalay'him mmīthāqu l-kitābi 'an llā yaqūlū ʻalā-llahi 'illā l-ḥaqqa wadarassū mā fīhi . wa ddāru l-'ākhiratu khay'run llilladhīna yattaqūna . 'afalā taʻ'qilūna
After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand?
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
