← Surah 6

6:42

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ
And certainly
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — resumption، prefix
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
قَدْPreposition — particle of certainty
أَرْسَلْنَآ
We sent (Messengers)
Verb
Root: رسل
Grammar (i'rab)
أَرْسَلْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَآNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
إِلَىٰٓ
to
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَىٰٓPreposition — preposition
أُمَمٍ
nations
Noun
Root: أمم
Grammar (i'rab)
أُمَمٍNoun — fem. plur.، indefinite، genitive
مِّن
from
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنPreposition — preposition
قَبْلِكَ
before you
Noun
Root: قبل
Grammar (i'rab)
قَبْلِNoun — genitive
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم
then We seized them
Verb
Root: أخذ
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
أَخَذْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَٰNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
هُمNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ
with adversity
Noun
Root: بأس
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
بَأْسَآءِNoun — feminine، genitive
وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
and hardship
Noun
Root: ضرر
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
ضَّرَّآءِNoun — feminine، genitive
لَعَلَّهُمْ
so that they may
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَعَلَّPreposition — accusative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
humble themselves
Verb
Root: ضرع
Grammar (i'rab)
يَتَضَرَّعُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

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

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

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.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Şüphesiz ki, senden önce ümmetlere peygamberler göndermiştik; onları yalvarsınlar diye darlık ve sıkıntıya sokmuştuk.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Şüphesiz ki senden önceki ümmetlere de peygamberler gönderdik. Bize yalvarsınlar diye onları darlık ve sıkıntı ile yakalayıp cezalandırdık.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Yemin olsun ki senden önceki ümmetlere de (elçiler) göndermiştik. (Gerçeğe) boyun eğsinler diye onları çeşitli sıkıntı ve darlık ile denemiştik.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

ولقد بعثنا -أيها الرسول- إلى جماعات من الناس من قبلك رسلا يدعونهم إلى الله تعالى، فكذَّبوهم، فابتليناهم في أموالهم بشدة الفقر وضيق المعيشة، وابتليناهم في أجسامهم بالأمراض والآلام؛ رجاء أن يتذللوا لربهم، ويخضعوا له وحده بالعبادة.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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Topics
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