And Moses chose _from_ his people seventy men, _of those who had not worshipped the calf, by the command of God_, at the time appointed by Us _for their coming to ask pardon for their companions’ worship of the calf; and he went forth with them_; and when the convulsion (_the violent earthquake_) took them away (_because, saith Ibn-´Abbás, they did not separate themselves from their people when the latter worshipped the calf_), _Moses_ said, O my Lord, if Thou hadst pleased, Thou hadst destroyed them before _my going forth with them, that the children of Israel might have beheld it and might not suspect me_; and me [also]. Wilt Thou destroy us for that which the foolish among us have done? It is naught but Thy trial: Thou wilt cause to err thereby whom Thou pleasest, and Thou wilt rightly guide whom Thou pleasest. Thou art our guardian; and do Thou forgive us and have mercy upon us; for Thou art the best of those who forgive: and appoint for us in this world what is good, and in the world to come; for unto Thee have we turned with repentance.—_God_ replied, I will afflict with My punishment whom I please, and My mercy extendeth over everything _in the world_; and I will appoint it, _in the world to come_, for those who fear and give the legal alms, and those who believe on Our signs, who shall follow the apostle, the illiterate [or Gentile, _i.e._, Arab] prophet, _Moḥammad_, whom they shall find written down with them in the Pentateuch and the Gospel, _by his name and his description_. He will command them that which is right, and forbid them that which is evil; and will allow them as lawful the good things _among those forbidden in their law_, and prohibit them the impure, _as carrion and other things_, and will take off from them their burden and the yokes that were upon them, _as the slaying of a soul_ [for an atonement] _in repentance, and the cutting off of the mark left by impurity_. And those who shall believe in him and honour him and assist him and follow the light which shall be sent down with him, _namely the Ḳur-án_, these shall be the prosperous. (vii. 154-156).