وَاخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِمِيقَاتِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّا أَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَإِيَّايَ ۖ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَّا ۖ إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ ۖ أَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ {1557:} And Musa -as chose from his people seventy men for Our appointed time.
But when the earthquake seized them, he said, “ My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me. Will You destroy us for what the fools among us have done? It is only Your trial; You mislead thereby whom You will and guide whom You will.
You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of forgivers.”(7:155) منهم مثل موسى و عيسى ع هل يجوز مع وفور عقلهما و كمال علمهما إذا هما بالاختيار أن يقع خيرتهما على المنافق و هما يظنان أنه مؤمن قلت لا فقال هذا موسى كليم الله مع وفور عقله و كمال علمه و نزول الوحي عليه اختار من أعيان قومه و وجوه عسكره لميقات ربه سبعين رجلا ممن لا يشك في إيمانهم و إخلاصهم فوقعت خيرته على المنافقين قال الله تعالى وَ اخْتارَ مُوسى قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِمِيقاتِنا إلى قوله لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ فلما وجدنا اختيار من قد اصطفاه الله للنبوة واقعا على الأفسد دون الأصلح و هو يظن أنه الأصلح دون الأفسد علمنا أن لا اختيار إلا لمن يعلم ما تخفي الصدور Imam -asws Ali Reza -asws said (as a part of a long Hadith), even when High Rank Prophets -as , i.e., Musa -as and Isa -as selected people, they could not the select pious and hypocrites were among their -as selection.
I said, of course this was the case. Imam -asws said: Look, Prophet Musa -as , who has (the title of) Friend of Allah -azwj , when he -as selected seventy pious people (from his -as nation) for the al-Miqad, surely, he -as had not an element of doubt in their Eman and sincerity, but all of them turned out to be hypocrites.
That is why Allah -azwj Says: And Musa chose out of his people seventy men for Our appointment (7:155) but these hypocrites said instead: we will not believe in you until we see Allah manifestly (2:55), as a result: so the lightning overtook them on account of their injustice.(4:153) So when we see that the selection of those, who were awarded the Prophet-hood by Allah -azwj , turned out to be wrong while they were fully confident that they have picked up the righteous ones.