ف َكانَتْ أُمَّةٌ تَقُومُ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ، وَمَدينَةٌ عَلَى مَدِينَةٍ، لأنَّ اللهَ ابتَلاهُمْ بكُلِّ أنواعِ الضِّيقِ.
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.