فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ
Fawaylul lillazeena yaktuboonal kitaaba bi aydeehim summa yaqooloona haazaa min 'indil laahi liyashtaroo bihee samanan qaleelan fawaylul lahum mimmaa katabat aydeehim wa waylul lahum mimmaa yaksiboon
So woe to those who write the scripture with their own hands and then say, "This is from God," so they can sell it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn by it.
Woe is pronounced three times in one verse, once for the writing, once for what the hands produced, and once for the earnings, so the act is separated into its parts and each is charged on its own. The price is called small, which measures it against what was traded rather than in itself. The phrase for a small price recurs across the Qur'an wherever knowledge is exchanged for advantage.