﴿ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ﴾

“Said [Salih to the erring ones]: Why do you seek to hasten the coming upon you of evil instead of hoping for the good?” Why do you not, rather, ask God to forgive you your sins, so that you might be graced with His mercy?””

He said to the deniers ‘O my people why do you seek to hasten on evil before seeking good? in other words why do you seek to hasten on chastisement instead of mercy when you say ‘If what you bring us is true then bring us the chastisement!’ Why do you not ask God to forgive you your idolatry so that you might be shown mercy?’ and not be chastised.