ٱلْأَعْرَاف : ٩٤

  • وَمَآ And not
  • أَرۡسَلۡنَا We sent
  • فِي in
  • قَرۡيَةٖ a city
  • مِّن [of]
  • نَّبِيٍّ any Prophet
  • إِلَّآ except
  • أَخَذۡنَآ We seized
  • أَهۡلَهَا its people
  • بِٱلۡبَأۡسَآءِ with adversity
  • وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ and hardship
  • لَعَلَّهُمۡ so that they may
  • يَضَّرَّعُونَ (become) humble
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 did not send a prophet to any city but that, when they denied him, We seized, We punished, its people with misery, abject poverty, and hardship, illness, so that they might be humble, [so that they might be] self-effaced, and so believe.