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Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 82 (21:82)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ …

Quran 21:82 is ayah 82 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 329 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:82
وَمِنَٱلشَّيَٰطِينِمَنيَغُوصُونَلَهُۥوَيَعْمَلُونَعَمَلًادُونَذَٰلِكَ ۖوَكُنَّالَهُمْحَٰفِظِينَ٨٢
wamina l-shayāṭīni man yaghūṣūna lahu wayaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālika wakunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīna

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.(82)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
  2. ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِl-shayāṭīnithe devils
  3. مَنman(were some) who
  4. يَغُوصُونَyaghūṣūnawould dive
  5. لَهُۥlahufor him
  6. وَيَعْمَلُونَwayaʿmalūnaand would do
  7. عَمَلًاʿamalanwork
  8. دُونَdūnaother than
  9. ذَٰلِكَ ۖdhālikathat
  10. وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd We were
  11. لَهُمْlahumof them
  12. حَٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīnaGuardians

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