Surah Al-A'raf — Verse 94

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وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

Wama arsalna fee qaryatin minnabiyyin illa akhathna ahlaha bilba'sa-iwaddarra-i laAAallahum yaddarraAAoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allāh].

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its [disbelieving] people with suffering and hardships, so that they might humble themselves [before God],

Marmaduke Pickthall

And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We did not send any prophet to a town, but We seized its people with hardship and suffering, so that they may turn humble.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And We sent no Prophet unto any town (and they denied him), but We seized its people with suffering from extreme poverty (or loss in wealth) and loss of health (and calamities), so that they might humiliate themselves (and repent to Allâh).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Never have We sent a Prophet to a place without trying its people with adversity and hardship that they may humble themselves.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

AND NEVER YET have We sent a prophet unto any community without trying its people with misfortune and hardship, so that they might humble themselves;