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wa-ktub lanā fī hādhihi d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa-fī l-ʾākhirati ʾinnā hudnā ʾilayka qāla ʿadhābī ʾuṣību bihī man ʾashāʾu wa-raḥmatī wasiʿat kulla shayʾin fa-sa-ʾaktubuhā li-lladhīna yattaqūna wa-yuʾtūna z-zakāta wa-lladhīna hum bi-ʾāyātinā yuʾminūna
And appoint goodness for us in this world and the Hereafter, for indeed we have come back to You.’ Said He, ‘I visit My punishment on whomever I wish, but My mercy embraces all things. Soon I shall appoint it for those who are Godwary and give the zakat and those who believe in Our signs
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-‘Araf – Verse 156
156 . “And prescribe goodness for us in this world and in the Hereafter, (for) verily we have come back to You (repentantly). He (the Lord) said: ‘My chastisement, I will afflict with it whom I please, but My mercy embraces all things. Soon I shall prescribe it for those who keep from evil and pay the alms and those who believe in Our signs.”
Following to the request of Moses (as) from Allah and the completion of the subject of repentance, which was referred to through the previous verse, in this verse, the continuation of supplication of Moses (as) to the Lord (s.w.t.) is announced as follows:
Then, he states the reason of this request unto Allah and that he has asked forgiveness for the undue words that those fools had said. Here is his reason:
At last, Allah answered the invocation of Moses (as) and accepted his repentance, but with some conditions which are stated at the end of this very verse. The verse says:
But, in order that some persons do not imagine that the acceptance of repentance, together with the vast mercy of Allah and its generality, is not given undue and with no condition, at the end of the verse, He adds that His mercy is prescribed for those who fulfil the following three things. The verse says: