Surah Ad-Dukhan — Verse 17

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۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawmafirAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareem

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

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

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

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

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

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

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],

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