6:42 wa laqad arsalnaa ilaa umamim min qablika fa akhadhnaahum bil ba’saai waD Dar-raai la’Al-lahum yataDar-ra’UUn

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And We have indeed sent Noble Messengers towards the nations that were before you - We therefore seized them with hardship and adversity so that, in some way, they may humbly plead.

Yusuf Ali:
Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.

Pickthal:
We have sent already unto peoples that were before thee, and We visited them with tribulation and adversity, in order that they might grow humble.