Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
AND, INDEED, [long] before their time did We try Pharaoh’s people [in the same way]: for there came unto them a noble apostle, [who said:]
Arthur John Arberry
Already before them We tried the people of Pharaoh, and a noble Messenger came unto them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable
Arabic
۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ كَرِیمٌ ١٧
Transliteration (2021)
walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmu