They said, “We were persecuted before you came to us, and after you came to us.” He said, “Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy, and make you successors in the land; then He will see how you behave.”
[قوم موسى‌] گفتند: «پيش از آنكه تو نزد ما بيايى و [حتى‌] بعد از آنكه به سوى ما آمدى مورد آزار قرار گرفتيم.» گفت: «اميد است كه پروردگارتان دشمن شما را هلاك كند و شما را روى زمين جانشين [آنان ]سازد؛ آنگاه بنگرد تا چگونه عمل مى‌كنيد.»