Surah Ad-Dukhan (الدخان) • The Smoke

Quran 44:17

44:17

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun

And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],

— Saheeh International

We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We tried before them Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Mûsâ (Moses) عليه السلام],

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
فَتَنَّاfatannāWe tried
قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
قَوْمَqawma(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
وَجَآءَهُمْwajāahumand came to them
رَسُولٌۭrasūluna Messenger
كَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble