وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ ١٨٧

(And remember) when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) to make it (the news of the coming of Prophet Muhammad SAW and the religious knowledge) known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it, but they threw it away behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And indeed worst is that which they bought.

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ

(And remember) when Allah took a covenant from

الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ

those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians)

لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ

to make it (the news of the coming of Prophet Muhammad SAW and the religious knowledge) known and clear to mankind

وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُ

and not to hide it

فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ

but they threw it away behind their backs

وَاشْتَرَوْا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ

and purchased with it some miserable gain!

فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ

And indeed worst is that which they bought.

لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَا أَتَوا وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ١٨٨

Think not that those who rejoice in what they have done (or brought about), and love to be praised for what they have not done,- think not you that they are rescued from the torment, and for them is a painful torment.

لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَا أَتَوا

Think not that those who rejoice in what they have done (or brought about),

وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا

and love to be praised for what they have not done,-

فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ ۖ

think not you that they are rescued from the torment,

وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

and for them is a painful torment.