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

Sahih International
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].

Shakir
And certainly We sent (messengers) to nations before you then We seized them with distress and affliction in order that they might humble themselves.

Pickthall
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.

محمد جالندھری
اور ہم نے تم سے پہلے بہت سی امتوں کی طرف پیغمبر بھیجے۔ پھر (ان کی نافرمانیوں کے سبب) ہم انہیں سختیوں اور تکلیفوں میں پکڑتے رہے تاکہ عاجزی کریں