Quran 6:42

Surah Al-An'aam, Verse 42

Juz 7 · Page 132 · Ruku 106 · Meccan

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly أَرْسَلْنَآ arsalnā We sent (Messengers) إِلَىٰٓ ilā to أُمَمٍۢ umamin nations مِّن min from قَبْلِكَ qablika before you فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم fa-akhadhnāhum then We seized them بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ bil-basāi with adversity وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ wal-ḍarāi and hardship لَعَلَّهُمْ laʿallahum so that they may يَتَضَرَّعُونَ yataḍarraʿūna humble themselves

Transliteration

Walaqad arsalna ila omamin minqablika faakhathnahum bilba/sa-i waddarra-ilaAAallahum yatadarraAAoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William 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.

Yusuf Ali — 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.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( ولقد أرسلنا إلى أمم من قبلك فأخذناهم بالبأساء ) يعني : الفقر والضيق في العيش ) والضراء ) وهي الأمراض والأسقام والآلام ( لعلهم يتضرعون ) أي : يدعون الله ويتضرعون إليه ويخشعون .