Quran 44:17 — Ad-Dukhaan, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Already before them We tried the people of Pharaoh, and a noble Messenger came unto them,
- 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:]
- Sahih International
- And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | فَتَنَّاfatannā | We tried | فتن |
| 3 | قَبْلَهُمْqablahum | before them | قبل |
| 4 | قَوْمَqawma | (the) people | قوم |
| 5 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 6 | وَجَآءَهُمْwajāahum | and came to them | جيأ |
| 7 | رَسُولٌۭrasūlun | a Messenger | رسل |
| 8 | كَرِيمٌkarīmun | noble | كرم |