their direction of prayer
You (could) have destroyed them
When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:" They say: "Shall we believe as the fools believe?" Nay, of a surety they are the fools, but they do not know.
When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:" They say: "Shall we believe as the fools believe?" Nay, of a surety they are the fools, but they do not know.
The fools among the people will say: "What hath turned them from the Qibla to which they were used?" Say: To Allah belong both east and West: He guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight.
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.
有人对他们说:“你们应当象众人那样信道。”他们就说:“我们能象愚人那样轻信吗?”真的,他们确是愚人,但他们不知道。
有人对他们说:“你们应当象众人那样信道。”他们就说:“我们能象愚人那样轻信吗?”真的,他们确是愚人,但他们不知道。
一般愚人将说:“他们为甚麽要背弃他们原来所对的朝向呢?”你说:“东方和西方,都是真主的,他把他所意欲的人引上正路。”
穆萨从他的宗族中拣选了七十个人来赴我的约会;当他们为地震所袭击的时候,他说:“我的主啊!假若你意欲,那末,以前你早已毁灭他们和我。难道你要为我们中的愚人的行为而毁灭我们吗?这只是你的考验,你借此使你意欲者误入歧途,使你意欲者走上正道。你是我们的保护者,故求你饶恕我们,慈悯我们。你是最善的饶恕者。