The Quran

سورة صٓ

Surah Sâd 38:41

The Truthful God · Verse 41 of 88

وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And recall Our servant Job when he called to his Lord (saying), `The devil (of the desert - thirst) has afflicted me with weariness and torment.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Commemorate Our Servant Job. Behold he cried to his Lord: "The Evil One has afflicted me with distress and suffering!î

Ahmed Ali

Remember Our votary Job because he called to his Lord: "Satan has afflicted me with disease and distress."

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Ali Unal

And remember Our servant Job, when he called out to his Lord: "Surely Satan has caused me to be afflicted with distress and great suffering."

Daryabadi

And remember thou Our bondman Ayyub, what time he cried Unto his Lord: verily the Satan hath touched me with affliction and suffering.

Faridul Haque

And remember Our bondman Ayyub (Job); when he cried out * to his Lord, “The devil has struck me with hardship and pain.” (After seven years of patience.)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And remember Our servant Job. When he cried to his Lord: The devil has afflicted me with toil and torment.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And remember Our servant Job, when he cried unto his Lord; `Satan has afflicted me with toil and torment.'

Muhammad Asad

AND CALL to mind Our servant Job, [how it was] when he cried out to his Sustainer, "Behold, Satan has afflicted me with [utter] weariness and suffering!" -

Muhammad Musin Khan

And remember Our slave Ayub (Job), when he invoked his Lord (saying): "Verily! Shaitan (Satan) has touched me with distress (by losing my health) and torment (by losing my wealth)!

Muhammad Pickthall

And make mention (O Muhammad) of Our bondman Job, when he cried unto his Lord (saying): Lo! the devil doth afflict me with distress and torment.

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), recall Our servant Job. When he prayed to his Lord saying, "Satan has afflicted me with hardship and torment,"

Muhammed ali Shakir

And remember Our servant Ayyub, when he called upon his Lord: The Shaitan has afflicted me with toil and torment.

Rashad Khalifa

Remember our servant Job: he called upon his Lord, "The devil has afflicted me with hardship and pain."

Shabbir Ahmed

And remember Our servant Job, when he called upon his Lord, “The serpent has bitten me and I am in distress and suffering.”

Commentary 38:41 All that the Holy Qur’ân states about Ayûb (Job) is that he was a righteous servant of Allâh, who suffered some kind of distress, who remained patient…

وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ

38:41 All that the Holy Qur’ân states about Ayûb (Job) is that he was a righteous servant of Allâh, who suffered some kind of distress, who remained patient under trials and was ultimately delivered. Neither Job nor Adam were given the title of Prophet in the Holy Qur’ân. As such, it is irrelevant to discuss whether Job and Adam were Prophets. The dramatic story of the Bible comprising forty two chapters known as the Book of Job finds no place in the Holy Qur’ân. It seems what we read in Qur’ân is that Job lived in a country whose ruler was – as the use of the word shaitân (شَّيْطَانُ) shows – a cruel and tyrannical polytheist who persecuted him and afflicted him with torments. Job had to emigrate and take a refuge in another country, and in his long and tiresome journey, the “devil of the desert”– thirst, afflicted him with weariness and torment. Furthermore, his migration separated him from his family and his tribe.