Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of Drought Allah said,وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا الَ فِرْعَونَAnd indeed We punished the people of Fir`awn,We tested and tried them,بِالسِّنِينَwith years of drought,of famine due to little produce,وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِand lack of fruits,According to Mujahid, which is less severe.Abu Ishaq narrated that Raja' bin Haywah said,"The date tree used to produce only one date!"لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ