The Children of Israel
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[17:11]
As it is man [often] prays for things that are bad as if he were praying for something that is good: for man is prone to be hasty [in his judgments].

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* v.11 : This, to my mind, is the meaning of the conjunctive particle wa in the above context.
* Cf. 2:216 – “it may well be that you hate a thing the while it is good for you, and it may well be that you love a thing the while it is bad for you: and God knows, whereas you do not know”: in other words, divine guidance is the only objective criterion as to what is good and what is bad.