Surah 21 · Juz 17

Al-Anbiya · 21:82

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

(82) 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.[898]
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[898]- Preventing any disobedience or deviation by them from Solomon's instructions and protecting him from being harmed by them.

Tafsir

82. I subjugated those Shayāṭīn who would dive into the oceans for him and find pearls etc. among doing other things like construction. I supervised their numbers and work well; nothing escaped My observation.

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