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.

Before them We tested the people of Pharaoh; a noble messenger came to them.

We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger came to them.

We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger came to them.

Indeed, before them We tested Pharaoh’s people: 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 fatanna qablahum qawma firAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareemun

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun

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,