Cattle, Livestock 6:42

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Arabic English Morphology
And certainly Prep
We sent (Messengers) V
to Prep
أُمَمٍ umamin
nations Noun
مِّن min
from Prep
before you Noun
then We seized them V
with adversity Noun
and hardship Noun
so that they may Prep
يَتَضَرَّعُونَ yataḍarraʿūna
humble themselves V

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰۤ أُمَمࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُم بِٱلۡبَأۡسَاۤءِ وَٱلضَّرَّاۤءِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَتَضَرَّعُونَ ۝٤٢

walaqad arsalnā ilā umamin min qablika fa-akhadhnāhum bil-basāi wal-ḍarāi laʿallahum yataḍarraʿūn