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The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                                   006:043

وَلَقَدۡ اَرۡسَلۡنَاۤ اِلٰٓى اُمَمٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلِكَ فَاَخَذۡنٰهُمۡ بِالۡبَاۡسَآءِ وَالضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَضَرَّعُوۡنَ

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Wa-la-qud-ur-sul-naa-elaa-oma-min-qub-lay-ka                                                                          Fa-aa-khuz-naa-hoom-bil-bau-saa-aiy-wudz-dzur-raa-aiy                                                        La-ul-la-hoom-ya-ta-dzur-ra-oo-n

And We surely sent messengers to communities before you                                      Then We caught them with adversity and affliction                                                        So that may be they grow humble.

• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet)
• لَـقَدۡ — La-qud — Surely (= Two words  لَ  (La) and  قَدۡ  (Qud) both mean absolutely, certainly, definitely, indeed, obviously, positively,  surely, truly and verily. See Commentary ‘2 Words of Emphasis used together Multiply Effect.’ A/t/a, ‘already’ and ‘indeed’)
• اَرۡسَلۡ — Ur-sul — Sent (= v., past., 1^st person. Appointed; dispatched; deputed; empowered with the authority; raised; set up. A/t/a,  ‘sent Messengers,’ ‘have … sent  (Messengers),’ ‘sent (Apostles)’ and ‘sent forth apostles’)
• نَآ — Naa — We (= pro., pl., 1^st person. Our; Us. Used with God’s name this is the authoritative way a higher-up talks)
• اِلَى — Elaa — To (= In the direction of; to; towards)
• اُمَمٍ — Oma-min — Communities (= n., pl. Flocks; folks; groups; nations; people. A/t/a, ‘peoples,’ ‘different people,’ ‘many nations’ and ‘other nations’)
• مِنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of the class or category of several articles, counts, kind, things, persons or phenomenon)
• قَبۡلِ — Qub-lay — Before (= Earlier, former, older, past or prior times. Aforetime. Ahead. Something that happened or occurred in prior periods antecedently, historically and previously)
• كَ — Ka — You (= pro., s., m., 2^nd person. You single male. A/t/a, ‘you (O Muhammad s.a.w) and ‘thee.’  See the Note 002:005)
• فَ — Fa — Then (= After all this; at the end; consequently; finally; hence; so; thereafter; therefore; thus. A/t/a, ‘and’ and ‘then (on their rejecting (Messengers)’
• اَخَذۡ — Aa-khuz — Caught (= v., past., 3^rd person. Got; grabbed; grasped; hit;  seized; snatched; struck; took. A/t/a, ‘afflicted’ and ‘visited’)
• نَآ — Naa — We (= pro., pl., 1^st person. Our; Us. See  نَآ  above)
• هُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3^rd person. Those men; they. A/t/a, ‘the nations’  and ‘the disbelievers’)
• بِ  — B … (il) — With (= Literally the word  بِ   means with)
• الۡبَاۡسَآءِ — Bau-saa-aiy — Adversity (= n., Destitution, homelessness, indigence, insolvency, poverty, penury, etc. See Note 002:215. A/t/a, ‘poverty,’ ‘poverty (or loss of wealth),’ ‘distress,’ ‘tribulation,’ ‘suffering,’ ‘destitution, calamities’ and ‘calamities’)
• وَ — Wa … (udz) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses. See وَ  above)
• الضَّرَّآءِ — Dzur-raa-aiy — Affliction (= n., Ailment, calamity, disease, distress, hurt, illness, injury, pain, sickness, suffering or weakness due to a disability, infirmity or other perilous situations. See Note 002:215. A/t/a, ‘affliction,’ ‘loss in health with calamities,’ ‘adversity,’ ‘adversities’ and ‘misfortunes’)  
• لَعَلَّ — La-ul-la — So that may be (= Haply; hopefully; perchance; perhaps; possibly; maybe; wanting and wishing the result to be. A/t/a, ‘so that … might,’ ‘that … might’ and ‘in order that … might’)
• هُمۡ‌ — Hoom — They (= pro., pl., m., 3^rd person. Those men; they; theirs)
• يَتَضَرَّعُوۡنَ — Ya-ta-zur-oo-n — Humble (= v., pres., pl., 3^rd person. Become meek, modest, servile, obsequious and unassuming. A/t/a, ‘grow humble,’ ‘humble themselves,’ ‘become humble (before Us),’ ‘humble themselves (believe with humility)’ and ‘learn humility’)