Al-An'aam 6:42
The Cattle · ayah 42 of 165
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
Walaqad arsalna ila omamin minqablika faakhathnahum bilba/sa-i waddarra-ilaAAallahum yatadarraAAoon
"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]."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"We sent messengers before you [Prophet] to many communities and afflicted their people with suffering and hardships, so that they could learn humility."
Pickthall (classic)+
"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."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility."