Quran-21:82 Surah Al-anbiya English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعۡمَلُونَ عَمَلٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ

Transliteration:( Wa minash Shayaateeni mai yaghoosoona lahoo wa ya'maloona 'amalan doona zaalika wa kunna lahum haafizeen )

82. And among the devils, those who dived for him [122] and did other work beside that [123], and We had a check over them (124) (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(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] (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Al-Anbiya Ayat 82 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

82. And among the devils, those who dived for him (122) and did other work beside that (123), and We had a check over them (124)

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Anbiya verse 82 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anbiya ayat 78 which provides the complete commentary from verse 78 through 82.

(21:82) 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.[75]

Ala-Maududi

(21:82) 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.[75]


75. The subjection of satans has been explained in (Surah Saba, Ayat 12-13). Incidentally, these verses of the Quran clearly show that the satans and jinns who worked for Prophet Solomon belonged to quite a different genus from human beings. Therefore, it is wrong to pervert the Quran to prove that they were human beings as some modernist commentators have tried to do. It is obvious from the wording of the Quran and the context in which the story of the jinns has been related, that they were not human beings. Had they been so this would have been no special favor to Solomon, because human beings had already built the gigantic monuments like the pyramids of Egypt.

(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]

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

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