سورة الاٴعرَاف
Surah Al-A‘râf 7:94
The Elevated Places · Verse 94 of 206
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا أَخَذْنَا أَهْلَهَا بِالْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And never did We send any Prophet to any township but We afflicted its people with destitution (from Our blessings) and with tribulations so that they might grow humble (before the Almighty).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.
Ahmed Ali
There is not a region to which We sent a prophet and did not inflict upon its people adversity and hardship so that they may submit.
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Ali Unal
And We did not send a Prophet to a township but We seized its people with distress and hardship so that they might (wake from heedlessness and) be humble (invoking Us for forgiveness and turning to the truth.)
Daryabadi
And We sent not a prophet to any township but We laid hold of the people thereof with tribulation and distress that haply they may humble themselves.
Faridul Haque
And never did We send any Prophet to a dwelling but We seized its people with hardship and adversity so that they may become humble.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And We did not send a prophet to a town but We seized its people with distress and affliction that they might humble themselves.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And never did WE send a Prophet to any town but WE did seize its people with adversity and suffering, that they might humble themselves.
Muhammad Asad
AND NEVER YET have We sent a prophet unto any community without trying its people with misfortune and hardship, so that they might humble themselves;
Muhammad Musin Khan
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 Allah).
Muhammad Pickthall
And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.
Muhammad Sarwar
To every town that We sent a Prophet, We tested its inhabitants through distress and adversity so that perhaps they would submit themselves to Us.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And We did not send a prophet in a town but We overtook its people with distress and affliction in order that they might humble themselves.
Rashad Khalifa
Whenever we sent a prophet to any community, we afflicted its people with adversity and hardship, that they may implore.
Shabbir Ahmed
We sent no Prophet to a community without Our Law of Requital trying them with adversity and tribulation for their wrongdoings that they become humble.
Commentary 7:94-99 The verses show that punishment from Allâh is meant as a warning for others and is intended to awaken the people from their lethargy and that others…
On 7:94–99
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا أَخَذْنَا أَهْلَهَا بِالْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ
7:94-99 The verses show that punishment from Allâh is meant as a warning for others and is intended to awaken the people from their lethargy and that others may become humble before the All-Mighty Lord (لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ). It is not designed for taking revenge (cf. 7:101).