208. Allah, the Glorified, called you to the Eternal Abode and the permanent residence, and great blessings and proximity to the Prophets and the felicitous, but you sinned and turned away; whereas this world called you to an abode of wretchedness and the place of annihilation and different types of tribulations and hardships, but you obeyed it and quickly rushed [towards it].
208. Allah, the Glorified, called you to the Eternal Abode and the permanent residence, and great blessings and proximity to the Prophets and the felicitous, but you sinned and turned away; whereas this world called you to an abode of wretchedness and the place of annihilation and different types of tribulations and hardships, but you obeyed it and quickly rushed [towards it].
208 دَعاكُمْ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ إلى دارِ البَقاءِ، وقَرارَةِ الخُلُودِ، والنَّعْماءِ، وَمُجاوَرَةِ الأنبياءِ والسُّعَداءِ،فَعَصَيْتُمْ، وأعْرَضْتُمْ، وَدَعَتْكُمُ الدُّنيا إلى قَرارَةِ الشَّقاءِ ومَحَلِّ الفَناءِ وأنْواعِ البَلاءِ والعَناءِ فَأطَعْتُمْ وبادَرْتُمْ وَأسْرَعْتُمْ.