قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ لَوۡلَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٤٦
Qāla yāqawmi lima tastaʿjilūna bis-sayyiʾati qablal-ḥasanah, lawlā tastaghfirūnallāha laʿallakum turḥamūn.
He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good?1 Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- By challenging Ṣāliḥ to bring on the promised punishment rather than asking for mercy from Allāh.