Al-Anbiya 21:82

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

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And of the devils were some that dived for him, and performed other, lesser tasks. But We kept them restrained.

ClearQuran • Talal Itani • Allah

And of the devils were some that dived for him, and performed other, lesser tasks. But We kept them restrained.

ClearQuran • Talal Itani • God

And some of the devils dived into the sea for him, and they did other jobs too. We watched over them carefully.

ClearQuran for Kids • Talal Itani

And among the devils, some dived deep into the sea for him, and they did other tasks as well. And We kept watch over them.

ClearQuran for Teens • Talal Itani

And among the devils were those who dived for him and did other work besides. We were their keepers.

ClearQuran • AI-assisted

And of the devils were some that dived for him. And they performed other, lesser tasks. But We kept them restrained.

Community • Allah

And of the devils were some that dived for him. And they performed other, lesser tasks. But We kept them restrained.

Community • God

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.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali and Khan

And among the devils [We subjected] those who dived for him and performed other duties. It is We Who were watching over them.

Rowwad Translation Center

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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.

Marmaduke Pickthall

We also subjected to him some of the jinn who dived for him in the sea and performed other tasks; We kept a watch over them.

Wahiduddin Khan

And We subdued many devils who dived (into the sea) for him and carried out other jobs besides that. We kept watch over all of them.

Abul A'la Maududi

Among the devils were some who dived for him and performed tasks other than that, and We were watchful over them.

Ali Quli Qarai

Wamina alshshayateeni man yaghoosoona lahu wayaAAmaloona AAamalan doona thalika wakunna lahum hafitheena

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