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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Anbya 21:82

Word by word

وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وسخَّرنا لسليمان من الشياطين شياطين يستخدمهم فيما يَعْجِز عنه غيرهم، فكانوا يغوصون في البحر يستخرجون له اللآلئ والجواهر، وكانوا يعملون كذلك في صناعة ما يريده منهم، لا يقدرون على الامتناع مما يريده منهم، حفظهم الله له بقوته وعزه سبحانه وتعالى.

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