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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 42of 165

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ﴿٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe sent (Messengers)
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أُمَمٍۢumaminnations
مِّنminfrom
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمfa-akhadhnāhumthen We seized them
بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِbil-basāiwith adversity
وَٱلضَّرَّآءِwal-ḍarāiand hardship
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَتَضَرَّعُونَyataḍarraʿūnahumble themselves

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators Call On Allah Alone During Torment and DistressAllah states that He does what He wills with His creatures and none can resist His decision or avert what He decrees for them. He is the One Who has no partners, Who accepts the supplication from whomever He wills.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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