Surah Ad-Dukhan — Verse 17

The Smoke · 44:17 · 17/59

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawmafirAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareem

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,

Marmaduke Pickthall

And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And We tested the people of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) prior to them, and a noble messenger came to them

Al-Hilali & Khan

And indeed We tried before them Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Mûsâ (Moses) عليه السلام],

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Indeed before that We subjected the Pharaonites to the same test. A noble Messenger came to them

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

AND, INDEED, [long] before their time did We try Pharaoh’s people [in the same way]: for there came unto them a noble apostle, [who said:]

Hilali and Khan · source edition

17. And indeed We tried before them Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Mûsâ (Moses) عليه السلام],