indeed we sent to nations before thee and we seized them with misery and hardship that haply they might be humble if only when our might came upon them they had been humble! but their hearts were hard and satan decked out fair to them what they were doing.
ولقد أرسلنا إلى أمم من قبلك فأخذناهم بالبأساء والضراء لعلهم يتضرعون فلولا إذ جاءهم بأسنا تضرعوا ولكن قست قلوبهم وزين لهم الشيطان ما كانوا يعملون