Quran 21:82 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 82
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and We made some of the jinn subservient to him, to dive for him and do other works besides. We were watching over them.
وَمِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ مَنْ يَغُوصُونَ لَهُ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَافِظِينَ
wamina l-shayāṭīni man yaghūṣūna lahu wayaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālika wakunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and of the Satans some dived for him and did other work besides; and We were watching over them.
- Muhammad Asad
- And among the rebellious forces [which We made subservient to him] there were some that dived for him [into the sea] and performed other works, besides: but it was We who kept watch over them.
- Sahih International
- And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And of | — |
| 2 | ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِl-shayāṭīni | the devils | شطن |
| 3 | مَنman | (were some) who | — |
| 4 | يَغُوصُونَyaghūṣūna | would dive | غوص |
| 5 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 6 | وَيَعْمَلُونَwayaʿmalūna | and would do | عمل |
| 7 | عَمَلًۭاʿamalan | work | عمل |
| 8 | دُونَdūna | other than | دون |
| 9 | ذَٰلِكَ ۖdhālika | that | — |
| 10 | وَكُنَّاwakunnā | And We were | كون |
| 11 | لَهُمْlahum | of them | — |
| 12 | حَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīna | Guardians | حفظ |