Al-An'am Verse 42

Indeed, We have sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ to other people who We put through suffering and adversity ˹for their denial˺, so perhaps they would be humbled.

We sent messengers to nations before you and seized them with poverty and hardship, so that they may humble themselves.

Indeed We sent to nations before thee, and We seized them with misery and hardship that haply they might be humble;

We sent messengers before you [Prophet] to many communities and afflicted their people with suffering and hardships, so that they could learn humility.

And assuredly We sent apostles unto communities before thee; then We laid hold of them with adversity and distress, that haply they may humble themselves.

Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.

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).

We have indeed sent (apostles) to many a people before you, and inflicted upon them hardships and afflictions so that they might submit.

And We have indeed sent Noble Messengers towards the nations that were before you – We therefore seized them with hardship and adversity so that, in some way, they may humbly plead.

We have certainly sent [apostles] to nations before you, then We seized them with stress and distress so that they might entreat [Us].

And We did indeed send Messengers to the communities before you, and We seized those (communities) with trials and tribulations so that they might invoke Us with humility (seeking the truth and forgiveness).

We have already sent (Messengers) towards the communities before you, then (on their rejecting the Messengers) We afflicted them with destitution, calamities and adversities so that they might become humble (before Us).

And We had sent to nations from before you, so We took/punished them with the misery/hardship/fear and the calamity, maybe they become humble and humiliate themselves (to God).

And We have indeed sent Noble Messengers towards the nations that were before you - We therefore seized them with hardship and adversity so that, in some way, they may humbly plead.

If only, when Our violence falls upon them, they had been humble, but their heart was hard, and Satan made seemly to them all that they used to do.

Verily, We sent (Messengers) to many nations before you (O Muhammad SAW). And We seized them with extreme poverty (or loss in wealth) and loss in health with calamities so that they might believe with humility.

Nay, Him you call upon, so He removes that for which you pray, if He pleases, and you forget what you set up (with Him).

And certainly We sent (apostles) to nations before you then We seized them with distress and affliction in order that they might humble themselves.

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.

We had sent (Our guidance) to the nations who lived before you and afflicted them with distress and adversity so that they might submit themselves (to God).

Before you We sent forth to other nations, and then seized them with misery and hardship so that they might humble themselves.

Verily, We sent (Messengers) to many nations before you. And We seized them with extreme poverty and loss of health so that they might believe with humility.

We sent messengers before you [Prophet] to many communities and afflicted their people with suffering and hardship, so that they might humble themselves.

We sent messengers to communities before you, and We afflicted them with suffering and hardship, that they may humble themselves.

Indeed We sent to communities before you (min qablika; min is extra), messengers, but they denied them, and We seized them with misery, abject poverty, and hardship, illness, so that they might be humble, abased, that they might believe.

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلنَأ إِلَى أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ

فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْبَأْسَاء

Verily, We sent (Messengers) to many nations before you. And We seized them with extreme poverty...

That is, loss of wealth and diminished provisions,

وَالضَّرَّاء

and loss of health,

various illnesses, diseases and pain,

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ



so that they might believe with humility.

and call Allah and supplicate to Him with humbleness and humility.

Allah said