তারপর আমি পাকড়াও করেছি-ফেরাউনের অনুসারীদেরকে দুর্ভিক্ষের মাধ্যমে এবং ফল ফসলের ক্ষয়-ক্ষতির মাধ্যমে যাতে করে তারা উপদেশ গ্রহণ করে।
And indeed We punished the people of Fir’aun (Pharaoh) with years of drought and shortness of fruits (crops, etc.), that they might remember (take heed).
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَونَ بِالسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
Walaqad akhathna ala firAAawna bialssineena wanaqsin mina alththamarati laAAallahum yaththakkaroona
YUSUFALI: We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition.
PICKTHAL: And we straitened Pharaoh’s folk with famine and dearth of fruits, that peradventure they might heed.
SHAKIR: And certainly We overtook Firon’s people with droughts and diminution of fruits that they may be mindful.
KHALIFA: We then afflicted Pharaoh’s people with drought, and shortage of crops, that they may take heed.