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فَخَلَفَ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِہِمۡ خَلۡفٌ وَّرِثُوا الۡکِتٰبَ یَاۡخُذُوۡنَ عَرَضَ ہٰذَا الۡاَدۡنٰی وَ یَقُوۡلُوۡنَ سَیُغۡفَرُ لَنَا ۚ وَ اِنۡ یَّاۡتِہِمۡ عَرَضٌ مِّثۡلُہٗ یَاۡخُذُوۡہُ ؕ اَلَمۡ یُؤۡخَذۡ عَلَیۡہِمۡ مِّیۡثَاقُ الۡکِتٰبِ اَنۡ لَّا یَقُوۡلُوۡا عَلَی اللّٰہِ اِلَّا الۡحَقَّ وَ دَرَسُوۡا مَا فِیۡہِ ؕ وَ الدَّارُ الۡاٰخِرَۃُ خَیۡرٌ لِّلَّذِیۡنَ یَتَّقُوۡنَ ؕ اَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُوۡنَ ﴿۱۶۹﴾

169. Then, a generation succeeded them, inheriting the Book. They would grab the (transitory) gains of this lower world and say: ‘We will be forgiven.’ And if similar (transitory) gains were to come their way (again), they would grab them too. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them that they shall not attribute anything to Allah except the truth? And they were well-versed in its teaching. And (know that) the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who are God-conscious. Do you not then understand?

(الْأَعْرَاف، 7 : 169)