Surah Al-An'am — Verse 42
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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
Walaqad arsalna ila omamin minqablika faakhathnahum bilba'sa-i waddarra-ilaAAallahum yatadarraAAoon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muḥammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us].
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
We sent messengers before you [Prophet] to many communities and afflicted their people with suffering and hardships, so that they could learn humility.
Marmaduke Pickthall
We have sent already unto peoples that were before thee, and We visited them with tribulation and adversity, in order that they might grow humble.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
We did send messengers to communities before you and put them to hardships and sufferings, so that they may supplicate in humility.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Verily, We sent (Messengers) to many nations before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). And We seized them with extreme poverty (or loss in wealth) and loss in health (with calamities) so that they might humble themselves (believe with humility).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
And We did indeed send Messengers to other nations before you and then We seized those nations with misfortune and hardship so that they might humble themselves (before Us).