[57] i.e., to drive them away from following the truth by inflicting hardship on them.
[58] By overpowering them and making them revert from the right path to disbelief.
[59] Moses did the same as Noah (عليه السلام) did when Allah told him that none of his people will believe besides those who already did so (cf. 11:36), so he prayed for them to be utterly wiped out (cf. 71:27).