Al-Qur'an Surah Ad-Dukhan Verse 17
Ad-Dukhan [44]: 17 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ كَرِيْمٌۙ (الدخان : ٤٤)
- walaqad
- وَلَقَدْ
- And certainly
- fatannā
- فَتَنَّا
- We tried
- qablahum
- قَبْلَهُمْ
- before them
- qawma
- قَوْمَ
- (the) people
- fir'ʿawna
- فِرْعَوْنَ
- (of) Firaun
- wajāahum
- وَجَآءَهُمْ
- and came to them
- rasūlun
- رَسُولٌ
- a Messenger
- karīmun
- كَرِيمٌ
- noble
Transliteration:
Wa laqad fatannaa qablahum qawma Fir'awna wa jaaa'ahum Rasoolun kareem(QS. ad-Dukhān:17)
English / Sahih Translation:
And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses], (QS. Ad-Dukhan, ayah 17)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And We tested the people of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) prior to them, and a noble messenger came to them
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, before them We tested Pharaoh’s people: a noble messenger came to them,
Ruwwad Translation Center
Indeed, We tested the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble messenger came to them,
A. J. Arberry
Already before them We tried the people of Pharaoh, and a noble Messenger came unto them,
Abdul Haleem
We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And assuredly afore them We proved Fir'awn's people, and there came Unto them an apostle honoured.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh; there came to them a messenger most honourable,
Abul Ala Maududi
Indeed before that We subjected the Pharaonites to the same test. A noble Messenger came to them
Ahmed Ali
We had tried the people of Pharaoh before them. A respected prophet had come to them (saying):
Ahmed Raza Khan
And before them We indeed tried the people of Firaun, and an Honourable Noble Messenger came to them.
Ali Quli Qarai
Certainly We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble apostle came to them,
Ali Ünal
Before them, assuredly We tried the people of the Pharaoh, when there came to them a noble Messenger,
Amatul Rahman Omar
And We afflicted the people of Pharaoh with a torment before them for there had come to them (too) a noble and respectable Messenger,
English Literal
And We had tested/allured Pharaoh`s nation before them, and an honoured/generous messenger came to them.
Faridul Haque
And before them We indeed tried the people of Firaun, and an Honourable Noble Messenger came to them.
Hamid S. Aziz
And certainly We tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble Messenger,
Hilali & Khan
And indeed We tried before them Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Musa (Moses)],
Maulana Mohammad Ali
On the day when We seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We shall exact retribution.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble apostle,
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
Muhammad Sarwar
We had certainly tested the people of the Pharaoh before them to whom a noble Messengers had come, saying,
Qaribullah & Darwish
We tried Pharaoh's nation before them. A noble Messenger came to them,
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
And indeed We tried before them Fir`awn's people, when there came to them a noble Messenger.
Wahiduddin Khan
We tried the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,
Talal Itani
Before them We tested the people of Pharaoh; a noble messenger came to them.
Tafsir jalalayn
And certainly We tried, We tested, before them the people of Pharaoh, together with him, when a messenger came to them, namely, Moses, peace be upon him, who was honoured, before God, exalted be He,
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
The Story of Musa and Fir`awn, and how the Children of Israel were saved
Allah says,
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ
And indeed We tried before them Fir`awn's people,
Allah tells us, `before these idolators, We tested the people of Fir`awn, the Copts of Egypt.'
وَجَاءهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
when there came to them a noble Messenger.
means, Musa, peace be upon him, the one to whom Allah spoke