Sura al-Anʿām 6:42

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

wa-la-qad arsalnā ila umamin min qablika fa-akhadhnāhum bil-baʾsāʾi wa-l-ḍarrāʾi la-ʿallahum yataḍarraʿūna

Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.

Sura al-Aʿrāf 7:94

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

wa-mā arsalnā fī qaryatin min nabiyyin illā akhadhnā ahlahā bil-baʾsāʾi wa-l-ḍarrāʾi la-ʿallahum yaḍḍarraʿūna

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

Sura al-Muʾminūn 23:76

وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

wa-la-qad akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi fa-mā astakānū li-rabbihim wa-mā yataḍarraʿūna

We inflicted Punishment on them, but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor do they submissively entreat (Him)!-

Sura al-Ghāshiyah 88:6

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ

laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿin

No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'