وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger,
Ad-Dukhan 44:17
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Revelation context of the surah
Surah-wideAd-Dukhan is Meccan, dated to the late Meccan period. Reports place it in the context of the severe famine that struck Mecca amid the Quraysh's persistent denial; the phrase 'a manifest smoke' has been explained either as that famine or as a sign preceding the Last Hour, with scholars differing.
Buhârî rivayetleri (İbn Mesud); klasik tefsir mukaddimeleri