فَخَلَفَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا الْکِتَبَ یَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَـذَا الاَْدْنَى وَیَقُولُونَ سَیُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِنْ یَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِثْلُهُ یَأْخُذُوهُ أَلَمْ یُؤْخَذْ عَلَیهِمْ مِّیثَقُ الْکِتَـبِ أَن لاَّ یَقُولُوا عَلَى اللهِ إِلاَّ الْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا مَا فِیهِ وَالدَّارُ الاَْخِرَةُ خَیْرٌ لِّلَّذِینَ یَتَّقُونَ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ (169)

169- THEN OTHERS SUCCEDED THEM WHO INHERITED THE BOOK. BUT THEY PREFERRED THE FRAIL GOODS OF THIS LOWER LIFE, SAYING: `SOON SHALL WE BE PARDONED.' (BUT EVEN IF THEY ARE FORGIVEN FOR THAT) IF THE LIKE OF IT COME TO THEM THEY WILL GRASP IT. (AGAIN AND AGAIN) WAS NOT THE COVENANT OF THE BOOK TAKEN FROM THEM; `TO SAY NOTHING OF ALLAH, BUT THE TRUTH?' AND THEY HAVE STUDIED WHAT IS IN IT. AND THE LAST ABODE IS BETTER FOR THOSE WHO AVOID EVIL. DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND.

وَالَّذِینَ یُمَسِّکُونَ بِالْکِتَبِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَوةَ إِنَّا لاَ نُضِیعُ أجْرَ الْمُصْلِحِینَ (170)

170- AND THOSE WHO HOLD FAST TO THE BOOK, AND PERFORM THE PRAYER. WE DO NOT WASTE THE REWARD OF THOSE WHO SET THINGS ARIGHT.