When standing firm will cost you
Said by men who had been sorcerers that morning and believed by the afternoon, as they were threatened with execution.
وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ
…rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa tawaffanā muslimīn.
And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience1 and let us die as Muslims [in submission to You]."
Where this comes from
Pharaoh promised to cut off their hands and feet and crucify them. They had believed only hours before. They did not ask to be spared; they asked for patience, and to die upon it.
Source
The Qur'an · 7:126
Qur'an
- Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International