Quran 21:83 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 83
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember Job, when he cried to his Lord, ‘Suffering has truly afflicted me, but you are the Most Merciful of the merciful.’
وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
wa-ayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya l-ḍuru wa-anta arḥamu l-rāḥimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Job -- when he called unto his Lord, 'Behold, affliction has visited me, and Thou art the most merciful of the merciful.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember] Job, when he cried out to his Sustainer, “Affliction has befallen me: but Thou art the most merciful of the merciful!”
- Sahih International
- And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَأَيُّوبَwa-ayyūba | And Ayub | — |
| 2 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 3 | نَادَىٰnādā | he called | ندو |
| 4 | رَبَّهُۥٓrabbahu | (to) his Lord | ربب |
| 5 | أَنِّىannī | Indeed, [I] | — |
| 6 | مَسَّنِىَmassaniya | has touched me | مسس |
| 7 | ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuru | the adversity | ضرر |
| 8 | وَأَنتَwa-anta | and You | — |
| 9 | أَرْحَمُarḥamu | (are) Most Merciful | رحم |
| 10 | ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna | (of) the Merciful | رحم |