Ad-Dukhan Verse 17

Indeed, before them We tested Pharaoh’s people: a noble messenger came to them,

Indeed, We tested the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble messenger came to them,

Already before them We tried the people of Pharaoh, and a noble Messenger came unto them,

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

And assuredly afore them We proved Fir'awn's people, and there came Unto them an apostle honoured.

We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh; there came to them a messenger most honourable,

Indeed before that We subjected the Pharaonites to the same test. A noble Messenger came to them

We had tried the people of Pharaoh before them. A respected prophet had come to them (saying):

And before them We indeed tried the people of Firaun, and an Honourable Noble Messenger came to them.

Certainly We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble apostle came to them,

Before them, assuredly We tried the people of the Pharaoh, when there came to them a noble Messenger,

And We afflicted the people of Pharaoh with a torment before them for there had come to them (too) a noble and respectable Messenger,

And We had tested/allured Pharaoh`s nation before them, and an honoured/generous messenger came to them.

And before them We indeed tried the people of Firaun, and an Honourable Noble Messenger came to them.

And certainly We tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble Messenger,

And indeed We tried before them Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Musa (Moses)],

On the day when We seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We shall exact retribution.

And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble apostle,

And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,

We had certainly tested the people of the Pharaoh before them to whom a noble Messengers had come, saying,

We tried Pharaoh's nation before them. A noble Messenger came to them,

And indeed We tried before them Fir`awn's people, when there came to them a noble Messenger.

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

Before them We tested the people of Pharaoh; a noble messenger came to them.

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,

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