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Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 130

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وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Walaqad akha th n a a la firAAawna bi al ssineena wanaq s in mina a l ththamar a ti laAAallahum ya thth akkaroon a

And most certainly did We overwhelm Pharaoh's people with drought and scarcity of fruits, so that they might take it to heart.

- Mohammad Asad

We afflicted Fir'on's people with several years of famine and shortages of fruit so that they might come to their senses.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Indeed, We afflicted Pharaoh's people with famine and shortage of crops so they might come back 'to their senses'.

- Mustafa Khattab

And We straitened Pharaoh's folk with famine and the dearth of fruits, that peradventure they might heed.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of drought) and shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali