﴿۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ﴾ (17) And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],