We had tried the people of Pharaoh before them. A respected prophet had come to them (saying):
And before them We indeed tried the people of Firaun, and an Honourable Noble Messenger came to them.
Already before them We tried the people of Pharaoh, and a noble Messenger came unto them,
AND, INDEED, [long] before their time did We try Pharaoh’s people [in the same way]: for there came unto them a noble apostle, [who said:]
And assuredly afore them We proved Fir'awn's people, and there came Unto them an apostle honoured.
And indeed We tried before them Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Musa (Moses)],
Before them We tested the people of Pharaoh; a noble messenger came to them.
Indeed before that We subjected the Pharaonites to the same test. A noble Messenger came to them
And indeed We tried before them Fir`awn's people, when there came to them a noble Messenger.
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
Certainly We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble apostle came to them,
We tried Pharaoh's nation before them. A noble Messenger came to them,
And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger,
We had certainly tested the people of the Pharaoh before them to whom a noble Messengers had come, saying,
And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble apostle,
Walaqad fatann<u>a</u> qablahum qawma firAAawna waj<u>a</u>ahum rasoolun kareem<b>un</b>
We tried the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,