The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:155
وَاخْتَارَ
مُوسَى
قَوْمَهُ
سَبْعِينَ
رَجُلًا
لِّمِيقَاتِنَا
فَلَمَّا
أَخَذَتْهُمُ
الرَّجْفَةُ
قَالَ
رَبِّ
لَوْ
شِئْتَ
أَهْلَكْتَهُم
مِّن
قَبْلُ
وَإِيَّايَ
أَتُهْلِكُنَا
بِمَا
فَعَلَ
السُّفَهَاءُ
مِنَّا
إِنْ
هِيَ
إِلَّا
فِتْنَتُكَ
تُضِلُّ
بِهَا
مَن
تَشَاءُ
وَتَهْدِي
مَن
تَشَاءُ
أَنتَ
وَلِيُّنَا
فَاغْفِرْ
لَنَا
وَارْحَمْنَا
وَأَنتَ
خَيْرُ
الْغَافِرِينَ
wa-khtāra mūsā qawmahū sabʿīna rajulan li-mīqātinā fa-lammā ʾakhadhathumu r-rajfatu qāla rabbi law shiʾta ʾahlaktahum min qablu wa-ʾiyyāya ʾa-tuhlikunā bi-mā faʿala s-sufahāʾu minnā ʾin hiya ʾillā fitnatuka tuḍillu bihā man tashāʾu wa-tahdī man tashāʾu ʾanta waliyyunā fa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā wa-ʾanta khayru l-ghāfirīna
Moses selected seventy men from his people to attend Our appointment. (In Our presence). When an earthquake jolted them to death, Moses said, "Lord, had You wanted to destroy them, why did You not destroy them and me before. Are You destroying us for what the fools among us have done? This (destruction) is only a trial through which You cause some to go astray and guide others. You are our Guardian. Forgive us and have mercy on us; You are the best of those who forgive.
