7:155
وَٱخْتَارَ
مُوسَىٰ
قَوْمَهُۥ
سَبْعِينَ
رَجُلًۭا
لِّمِيقَـٰتِنَا ۖ
فَلَمَّآ
أَخَذَتْهُمُ
ٱلرَّجْفَةُ
قَالَ
رَبِّ
لَوْ
شِئْتَ
أَهْلَكْتَهُم
مِّن
قَبْلُ
وَإِيَّـٰىَ ۖ
أَتُهْلِكُنَا
بِمَا
فَعَلَ
ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ
مِنَّآ ۖ
إِنْ
هِىَ
إِلَّا
فِتْنَتُكَ
تُضِلُّ
بِهَا
مَن
تَشَآءُ
وَتَهْدِى
مَن
تَشَآءُ ۖ
أَنتَ
وَلِيُّنَا
فَٱغْفِرْ
لَنَا
وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖ
وَأَنتَ
خَيْرُ
ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ
١٥٥
Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment, and when they were seized by trembling, he prayed, ‘My Lord, if You had chosen to do so, You could have destroyed them long before this, and me too, so will You now destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is only a trial from You- through it, You cause whoever You will to stray and guide whoever You will- and You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the best of those who forgive.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem