سورة الاٴنبیَاء
Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:80
The Prophets · Verse 80 of 112
وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُمْ مِنْ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ شَاكِرُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And We taught him (the art of) making coats of mail for you (people), that they designed to fortify you against (one another´s) violence (in your wars). Will you then be grateful?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your benefit, to guard you from each other's violence: will ye then be grateful?
Ahmed Ali
And We taught him the art of making coats of mail to shield you from each other´s violence. Will you not be grateful even then?
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And We taught him the art of making iron coats-of-mail so that they might fortify you from the violence of war. So, are you (really people who are) thankful?
Daryabadi
And We taught him the art of making the coats of mail for you that it may protect you from your violence; are ye then thankful?
Faridul Haque
And We taught him to make a garment for you, to protect you from your hurt; so will you be thankful?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And We taught him the making of coats of mail for you, to protect you in your wars; will you then be grateful?
Maulvi Sher Ali
And WE taught him the making of coats of mail for you, that they might protect you from each other's violence in your battles. Will you then be grateful?
Muhammad Asad
And We taught him how to make garments [of God-consciousness] for you, [O men,] so that they might fortify you against all that may cause you fear: but are you grateful [for this boon]?
Muhammad Musin Khan
And We taught him the making of metal coats of mail (for battles), to protect you in your fighting. Are you then grateful?
Muhammad Pickthall
And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful?
Muhammad Sarwar
We taught him the art of making coats of mail so that you could protect yourselves during a war. Will you then give thanks?
Muhammed ali Shakir
And We taught him the making of coats of mail for you, that they might protect you in your wars; will you then be grateful?
Rashad Khalifa
And we taught him the skill of making shields to protect you in war. Are you then thankful?
Shabbir Ahmed
We taught him the science of armor to protect you from each other’s foolhardy violence. Are you then thankful?
Commentary 21:79-80 Allâh taught David “the art of making coats of iron” to be used in warfare by his soldiers. The words also allude to the fact that it is Allâh Who…
On 21:79–80
فَفَهَّمْنَاهَا سُلَيْمَانَ ۚ وَكُلًّا آتَيْنَا حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوُودَ الْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَالطَّيْرَ ۚ وَكُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ﴿٧٩﴾ وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّن بَأْسِكُمْ
21:79-80 Allâh taught David “the art of making coats of iron” to be used in warfare by his soldiers. The words also allude to the fact that it is Allâh Who teaches how to make garments of taqwa (7:26), which guard against sin, harm, distress, and fear. The “subjugation of birds” is the use of birds for rapid communication (e.g. carrier pigeons), and the subjugation of mountains is the submission of the dwellers of mountains. Just as the Qaryah قَرية (city) is sometimes used in the sense of Ahl Qaryah أهل القرية, the inhabitants of a city (cf.:21:95; 22:47), so al-Jibâl الْجِبَالَ stands for Ahl al-Jibâl الْجِبَالَأهل. We have to account for the suffix al in the words al-Jibâl الْجِبَالَ and al-Tair الطَّيْر. The suffix al specifies the meanings of these words, and thus is not to be used in literal sense. That “the mountains celebrated the Glory (of Allâh)” الْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ is an indication that the dwellers in the mountains followed the faith of David, the true faith of belief in One God. According to some interpreters Al-Jibâl الْجِبَالَ also stands for “powerful nations,” as in 19:90 and 20:105.