Surah Al-An'am, ayah 42
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
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].
Al-An'am · 6:42
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe sent (Messengers)
- إِلَىٰٓilāto
- أُمَمٍۢumaminnations
- مِّنminfrom
- قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
- فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمfa-akhadhnāhumthen We seized them
- بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِbil-basāiwith adversity
- وَٱلضَّرَّآءِwal-ḍarāiand hardship
- لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
- يَتَضَرَّعُونَyataḍarraʿūnahumble themselves
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