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Al-An'am (The Cattle) · Ayah 42

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ 42

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].

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
noun
يَتَضَرَّعُونَyataḍarraʿūnahumble themselves
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