The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:94
وَمَا
أَرْسَلْنَا
فِي
قَرْيَةٍ
مِّن
نَّبِيٍّ
إِلَّا
أَخَذْنَا
أَهْلَهَا
بِالْبَأْسَاءِ
وَالضَّرَّاءِ
لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَضَّرَّعُونَ
wa-mā ʾarsalnā fī qaryatin min nabiyyin ʾillā ʾakhadhnā ʾahlahā bi-l-baʾsāʾi wa-ḍ-ḍarrāʾi laʿallahum yaḍḍarraʿūna
To every town that We sent a Prophet, We tested its inhabitants through distress and adversity so that perhaps they would submit themselves to Us.
