and musa chose out of his people seventy men for our appointment so when the earthquake overtook them he said my lord! if thou hadst pleased thou hadst destroyed them before and myself wilt thou destroy us for what the fools among us have done? it is naught but thy trial thou makest err with it whom thou pleasest and guidest whom thou pleasest thou art our guardian therefore forgive us and have mercy on us and thou art the best of the forgivers.
واختار موسى قومه سبعين رجلا لميقاتنا فلما أخذتهم الرجفة قال رب لو شئت أهلكتهم من قبل وإياي أتهلكنا بما فعل السفهاء منا إن هي إلا فتنتك تضل بها من تشاء وتهدي من تشاء أنت ولينا فاغفر لنا وارحمنا وأنت خير الغافرين