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.