The Criterion
25. Al-Furqān
الفرقان
Page #361
25:20
وَمَا
أَرْسَلْنَا
قَبْلَكَ
مِنَ
الْمُرْسَلِينَ
إِلَّا
إِنَّهُمْ
لَيَأْكُلُونَ
الطَّعَامَ
وَيَمْشُونَ
فِي
الْأَسْوَاقِ
وَجَعَلْنَا
بَعْضَكُمْ
لِبَعْضٍ
فِتْنَةً
أَتَصْبِرُونَ
وَكَانَ
رَبُّكَ
بَصِيرًا
wa-mā ʾarsalnā qablaka mina l-mursalīna ʾillā ʾinnahum la-yaʾkulūna ṭ-ṭaʿāma wa-yamshūna fī l-ʾaswāqi wa-jaʿalnā baʿḍakum li-baʿḍin fitnatan ʾa-taṣbirūna wa-kāna rabbuka baṣīran
We did not send any apostles before you but that they indeed ate food and walked in marketplaces. We have made you a [means of] test for one another, [to see] if you will be patient and steadfast, and your Lord is all-seeing.
— Ali Quli Qarai
And the messengers whom We sent before thee were all (men) who ate food and walked through the streets: We have made some of you as a trial for others: will ye have patience? for Allah is One Who sees (all things).
