And, indeed, We sent Our messages unto people before thy time, [O Prophet,] and visited them with misfortune and hardship so that they might humble themselves:

Before thee We sent (apostles) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.

We have sent already unto peoples that were before thee, and We visited them with tribulation and adversity, in order that they might grow humble.

And indeed We sent (messengers) to nations before thee then We seized them with distress and affliction that they might humble themselves.

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].