(And verily We tried before them) before the Quraysh (Pharaoh's folk) by punishing them, (when there came unto them a noble messenger) i.e. Moses,
- 44:1717
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
We had tried the people of Pharaoh before them. A respected prophet had come to them (saying):
- common.revelation-Meccan
- common.hizb : 199