Surah Al-A'raf (The Heights), Verse 155

وَاخْتَارَ مُوْسٰی قَوْمَهٗ سَبْعِیْنَ رَجُلًا لِّمِیْقَاتِنَا فَلَمَّاۤ اَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ اَهْلَكْتَهُمْ مِّنْ قَبْلُ وَاِیَّایَ اَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّا اِنْ هِیَ اِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَنْ تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِیْ مَنْ تَشَآءُ اَنْتَ وَلِیُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَاَنْتَ خَیْرُ الْغٰفِرِیْنَ ۟

Wakhtaara Moosaa qawmahoo sab'eena rajulal li meeqaatinaa falammaa akhazat humur rajfatu qaala Rabbi law shi'ta ahlaktahum min qablu wa iyyaay; 'a tuhlikuna bimaa fa'alas sufahaaa'u minaa in hiya illaa fitnatuka tudillu bihaa man tashaaa'u wa tahdee man tashaaa; Anta waliyyunaa faghfir lanaa warhamnaa wa Anta khairul ghaafireen

And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive.

Quran 7:155 (Yusuf Ali Translation)

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