The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:82

The Prophets · Verse 82 of 112

وَمِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ مَنْ يَغُوصُونَ لَهُ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَافِظِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And (We subjected to him) some of the expert deep divers who dived for him and did other (sundry) works besides that; and it was We who kept watch over them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And of the evil ones, were some who dived for him, and did other work besides; and it was We Who guarded them.

Ahmed Ali

And many of the devils (We also made obedient to him) who dived for him, and did many other things; and We kept watch over them.

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Ali Unal

And of the jinn and satans (devils) were some who dived for him (to extract precious stones from the sea) and did other works besides, and We were keeping watch over them (to prevent them from disobeying him).

Daryabadi

And of the satans were some who dove for him, and worked a work beside that; and of them We were the Watchers.

Faridul Haque

And among the devils, were those who dived (in water) for him and did works other than this; and We had kept them restrained.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And of the devils there were those who dived for him and did other work besides that; and We kept guard over them:

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE subjected to him deep divers who dived for him, and did other works besides that; and it was WE Who guarded 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.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And of the Shayatin (devils) (from the jinns) were some who dived for him, and did other work besides that; and it was We Who guarded them.

Muhammad Pickthall

And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for pearls) for him and did other work, and We were warders unto them.

Muhammad Sarwar

We subdued the devils who would dive into the sea for him and perform other tasks for Solomon. We kept them in his service.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And of the rebellious people there were those who dived for him and did other work besides that, and We kept guard over them;

Rashad Khalifa

And of the devils there were those who would dive for him (to harvest the sea), or do whatever else he commanded them to do. We committed them in his service.

Shabbir Ahmed

We humbled the most rebellious tribes, and made them compliant to him. Some of them dived for him in the sea and carried out other duties, besides. But it was We Who kept watch over them.