42 Preface وَلَقَد أَرسَلنا إِلىٰ أُمَمٍ مِن قَبلِكَ فَأَخَذناهُم بِالبَأساءِ وَالضَّرّاءِ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَضَرَّعونَAli Quli QaraiWe have certainly sent [apostles] to nations before you, then We seized them with stress and distress so that they might entreat [Us].