Quran 7:94 — Al-A'raaf, verse 94
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its [disbelieving] people with suffering and hardships, so that they might humble themselves [before God],
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا أَخَذْنَا أَهْلَهَا بِالْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ
wamā arsalnā fī qaryatin min nabiyyin illā akhadhnā ahlahā bil-basāi wal-ḍarāi laʿallahum yaḍḍarraʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have sent no Prophet to any city but that We seized its people with misery and hardship, that haply they might be humble;
- 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;
- Sahih International
- And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allāh].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatin | a city | قري |
| 5 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 6 | نَّبِىٍّnabiyyin | Prophet | نبأ |
| 7 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 8 | أَخَذْنَآakhadhnā | We seized | أخذ |
| 9 | أَهْلَهَاahlahā | its people | أهل |
| 10 | بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِbil-basāi | with adversity | بأس |
| 11 | وَٱلضَّرَّآءِwal-ḍarāi | and hardship | ضرر |
| 12 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 13 | يَضَّرَّعُونَyaḍḍarraʿūna | (become) humble | ضرع |