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سورة الدّخان

Surah Al-Dukhân 44:17

The Draught · Verse 17 of 59

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And We afflicted the people of Pharaoh with a torment before them for there had come to them (too) a noble and respectable Messenger,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,

Ahmed Ali

We had tried the people of Pharaoh before them. A respected prophet had come to them (saying):

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Ali Unal

Before them, assuredly We tried the people of the Pharaoh, when there came to them a noble Messenger,

Daryabadi

And assuredly afore them We proved Fir´awn´s people, and there came Unto them an apostle honoured.

Faridul Haque

And before them We indeed tried the people of Firaun, and an Honourable Noble Messenger came to them.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And certainly We tried before them Pharaohís people and a nobel messenger came to them,

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE tried the people of Pharaoh before them, and there came to them a noble Messenger,

Muhammad Asad

AND, INDEED, [long] before their time did We try Pharaoh's people [in the same way]: for there came unto them a noble apostle, [who said:]

Muhammad Musin Khan

And indeed We tried before them Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Musa (Moses)],

Muhammad Pickthall

And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,

Muhammad Sarwar

We had certainly tested the people of the Pharaoh before them to whom a noble Messengers had come, saying,

Muhammed ali Shakir

And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble messenger,

Rashad Khalifa

We have tested before them the people of Pharaoh; an honorable messenger went to them.

Shabbir Ahmed

We put to test before them Pharaoh’s people, for there came to them an honorable Messenger.