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YUSUFALI : Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.

PICKTHAL : And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.

SHAKIR : And We did not send a prophet in a town but We overtook its people with distress and affliction in order that they might humble themselves.

M& HILALI : And We sent no Prophet unto any town (and they denied him), but We seized its people with suffering from extreme poverty (or loss in wealth) and loss of health and calamities, so that they might humiliate themselves (and repent to Allah).