We did not send any prophet to any town but We afflicted its people with misery and adversity, so that they may humble themselves.
Al-A'raf 7:94
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وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا أَخَذْنَا أَهْلَهَا بِالْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ
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We did not send any prophet to any town but We afflicted its people with misery and adversity, so that they may humble themselves.
Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We tested its people with hard times and troubles, so they might become humble and pray.
Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We tested its people with hardship and trouble, so they might humble themselves.
We never sent a prophet to any town without afflicting its people with hardship and adversity, so that they might humble themselves.
We sent no prophet to a town, but We afflicted its people with hardship and distress, so that they may be humbled.
We sent no prophet to a town, but We afflicted its people with hardship and distress, so that they may be humbled.
And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allāh].
And We sent no Prophet unto any town (and they denied him), but We seized its people with suffering from extreme poverty (or loss in wealth) and loss of health (and calamities), so that they might humiliate themselves (and repent to Allâh).
We have not sent any prophet to a town, but We seized its people with poverty and adversity, so that they may humble themselves.
Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.
And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.
Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its people with suffering and adversity, so that they might humble themselves [before God],
Never have We sent a Prophet to a place without trying its people with adversity and hardship that they may humble themselves.
We did not send a prophet to any town without visiting its people with stress and distress so that they might entreat [for Allah’s forgiveness].
Wama arsalna fee qaryatin min nabiyyin illa akhathna ahlaha bialbasai waalddarrai laAAallahum yaddarraAAoona