Each sign We showed them was more marvelous than its counterpart. And We afflicted them with the plagues, so that they may repent.
Az-Zukhruf 43:48
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وَمَا نُرِيهِمْ مِنْ آيَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
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Each sign We showed them was more marvelous than its counterpart. And We afflicted them with the plagues, so that they may repent.
Every miracle We showed them was greater than the one before. And We punished them, so they might turn back.
Every miracle We showed them was greater than the one before it. And We sent punishment upon them, so they would turn back.
Every sign We showed them was greater than the one before it, and We seized them with punishment so that they might return.
Every miracle We showed them was more marvelous than its counterpart. And We afflicted them with the plagues, so that they may return.
Every miracle We showed them was more marvelous than its counterpart. And We afflicted them with the plagues, so that they may return.
And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
And not an Ayâh (sign, etc.) We showed them but it was greater than its fellow , and We seized them with torment, in order that they might turn [from their polytheism to Allâh’s religion (Islâmic Monotheism)].
Every sign We showed them was greater than the one before it, and We seized them with punishment so that they may turn in repentance.
We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).
And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.
even though each sign We showed them was greater than the previous one. We afflicted them with torment so that they might return [to the right path].
Every Sign that We showed them was greater than its predecessor; and then We seized them with Our chastisement so that they may return (to the Right Way).
We did not show them a sign but it was greater than the other, and We visited on them punishment so that they might come back.
Wama nureehim min ayatin illa hiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bialAAathabi laAAallahum yarjiAAoona