وَلَقَدْاَرْسَلْنَآاِلٰٓىاُمَمٍمِّنْقَبْلِكَفَاَخَذْنٰهُمْبِالْبَأْسَاۤءِوَالضَّرَّاۤءِلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَضَرَّعُوْنَ٤٢
walaqad arsalnaa ilaa umamin min qablika fa‑akhadznaahum bilba'saa‑i waaldhdharraa‑i la'allahum yatadharra'uuna
And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Muhammad]; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves [to Us]. [42]
— Sahih International