46قالَ يا قَومِ لِمَ تَستَعجِلونَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ قَبلَ الحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَولا تَستَغفِرونَ اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُم تُرحَمونَMuhammad AsadSaid [Salih to the erring ones]: "Why do you seek to hasten the coming upon you of evil instead of hoping for the good?1 Why do you not, rather, ask God to forgive you your sins, so that you might begraced with His mercy?"Lit., "hasten the evil before the good": cf. 13:6 and the corresponding note 14; also the second sentence of 10:50 and note 71.