وَاخْتَارَ مُوسَى قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِینَ رَجُلا لِّمِیقَـتِنَا فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَکْتَهُمْ مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِیَّى أَتُهْلِکُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ إِنْ هِىَ إِلاَّ فِتْنَتُکَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ أَنتَ وَلِیُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَیْرُ الْغَـفِرینَ (155)

155- AND MOSES CHOSE SEVENTY MEN FROM AMONG HIS PEOPLE FOR OUR APPOINTMENT; AND WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE SEIZED THEM HE SAID: `MY LORD! YOU COULD HAVE DESTROYED THEM BEFORE, AND ME TOO! DO YOU DESTROY US FOR WHAT THE FOOLS FROM AMONG US HAVE DONE? THIS IS NOT, BUT YOUR TRIAL, TO MISLEAD BY IT WHOM YOU WILL, AND GUIDE WHOM YOU WILL. YOU ARE OUR GUARDIAN. SO FORGIVE US, AND HAVE MERCY ON US, THAT YOU ARE THE BEST OF FORGIVERS.

وَاکْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَـذِهِ الدُّنْیَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى الاَْخِرَةِ إنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَیْکَ قَالَ عَذَابِى أُصِیبُ بِهِ مَنْ أَشآءُ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ کُلَّ شَىْء فَسأَکْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِینَ یَتَّقُونَ ویُؤْتُونَ الزَّکَوةَ وَالَّذِینَ هُم بِأیَـتِنَا یُؤْمِنُونَ(156)

156- AND ORDAIN FOR US GOOD IN THIS WORLD, AND IN THE WORLD TO COME. WE HAVE BEEN GUIDED TO YOU. HE SAID: `AS FOR MY PUNISHMENT, I AFFLICT WITH IT WHOM I WILL. AND MY MERCY HAS EXTENDED TO EVERYTHING. SO, SOON SHALL I ORDAIN IT FOR THOSE WHO AVOID EVIL, AND PAY THE ALMS- TAX, AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN OUR SIGNS.'