6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 42

And We have sent others to nations before you. We then took them with adversity and hardship, perhaps they would implore.

We sent Messengers to nations before you. (They compassionately advised their people that the Supreme Law is operative on the earth, as it is in the heavens). When those nations violated Our Laws in their societies, they had to face the consequences. They should have become humble and taken corrective action right away.

And We have sent to communities before thee; then We took them with affliction and adversity, that they might humble themselves.

And We have sent others to nations before you. We then took them with adversity and hardship, perhaps they would implore.

We have sent others to nations before you. We then took them with adversity and hardship, perhaps they would implore.

We sent Messengers to nations before you, and afflicted those nations with hardship and distress so that hopefully they would humble themselves.

We have sent (messengers) to communities before you, and we put them to the test through adversity and hardship, that they may implore.

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 already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muúammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us].

And, indeed, We sent Our messages unto people before thy time, [O Prophet,] and visited them with misfortune and hardship so 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 have sent Messengers before you O Muhammad to peoples who came to this world before your people, and We afflicted them with misfortunes and wedded them to calamities hoping they would, humble themselves to Allah.

There were other prophets sent to many other nations [such as Moses to the Egyptians. ] I afflicted them with many misfortunes [such as nine disasters that the Egyptians had to go through] so that they may choose to believe and approach God with the utmost humility [by bowing down and prostrating before Him.]

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

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

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 did send messengers to communities before you and put them to hardships and sufferings, so that they may supplicate in humility.

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

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

Ere this we sent unto nations before thee, and we caught them in distress and trouble that haply they might humble themselves.

Ere this We sent unto nations before you, and We sent them distress and adversity that per chance (or possibly) they might humble themselves.

And indeed We have already sent to nations even before you; so We took them (to task) with misery and tribulation, that possibly they would supplicate to (Us).

And indeed We sent Messengers to peoples before thee; then We afflicted them with poverty and adversity that they might humble themselves.

Indeed, We sent (messengers) to many nations before you, and We gave the nations suffering and poverty that they may learn to be humble.

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).

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