Al-Anbya 21:82
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 329
وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعۡمَلُونَ عَمَلٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٨٢
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.1
1 translator’s note
- Preventing any disobedience or deviation by them from Solomon's instructions and protecting him from being harmed by them. ↩
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ولَمّا ذَكَرَ تَسْخِيرَ الرِّيحِ لَهُ، ذَكَرَ أنَّهُ سَخَّرَ لَهُ ما أغْلَبُ عَناصِرِهِ النّارُ والرِّيحُ لِلْعَمَلِ في الماءِ، مُقابَلَةً لِارْتِفاعِ الحَمْلِ في الهَواءِ بِاسْتِفالِ الغَوْصِ في الماءِ فَقالَ: ﴿ومِنَ﴾ أيْ وسَخَّرْنا لَهُ مِنَ ﴿الشَّياطِينِ﴾ الَّذِينَ هم أكْثَرُ شَيْءٍ تَمَرُّدًا وعُتُوًّا، (p-٤٦٠)وألْطَفُ شَيْءٍ أجْسامًا ﴿مَن﴾ وعَبَّرَ بِالجَمْعِ لِأنَّهُ أدَلُّ عَلى عِظَمِ التَّصَرُّفِ فَقالَ: ﴿يَغُوصُونَ لَهُ﴾ في المِياهِ لِما يَأْمُرُهم بِهِ مِنَ اسْتِخْراجِ الجَواهِرِ وغَيْرِها مِنَ المَنافِعِ، وذَلِكَ بِأنْ أكْثَفْنا أجْسامَهم مَعَ لَطافَتِها لِتَقْبَلَ الغَوْصَ في الماءِ مُعْجِزَةً في مُعْجِزَةٍ، [وقَدْ خَنَقَ نَبِيُّنا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ العِفْرِيتَ الَّذِي جاءَ بِشِهابٍ مِن نارٍ وأسَرَ جَماعَةٌ مِن أصْحابِهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهم عَفارِيتَ أتَوْا إلى ثَمَرِ الصَّدَقَةِ وأمْكَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنهم -] ﴿ويَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلا﴾ أيْ عَظِيمًا جِدًّا.
ولَمّا كانَ إقْدارُهم عَلى الغَوْصِ أعْلى [ما -] يَكُونُ في أمْرِهِمْ، وكانَ المُرادُ اسْتِغْراقَ إقْدارِهِمْ عَلى ما هو أدْنى مِن ذَلِكَ مِمّا يُرِيدُهُ مِنهُمْ، نَزَعَ الجارَّ فَقالَ: ﴿دُونَ ذَلِكَ﴾ أيْ تَحْتَ هَذا الأمْرِ العَظِيمِ أوْ غَيْرَهُ مِن بِناءِ ما يُرِيدُ، واصْطِناعِ ما يَشاءُ، مِنَ الصَّنائِعِ العَجِيبَةِ، والآثارِ الغَرِيبَةِ، وفي ذَلِكَ تَسْخِيرُ الماءِ والتُّرابِ بِواسِطَةِ الشَّياطِينِ، فَقَدْ خَتَمَ عِنْدَ انْتِهاءِ الإشارَةِ إلى تَسْخِيرِ العَناصِرِ - بِمَن سَخَّرَ لَهُ العَناصِرَ الأرْبَعَةَ كَما ابْتَدَأ بِذَلِكَ ﴿وكُنّا﴾ أيْ بِعَظَمَتِنا الَّتِي تَغْلِبُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ﴿لَهم حافِظِينَ﴾ مِن أنْ يَفْعَلُوا غَيْرَ ما يُرِيدُ، ولَمْ يَذْكُرْ هُودًا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ هُنا، وإنْ كانَ قَدْ سَخَّرَ لَهُ الرِّيحَ، لِأنَّ عَمَلَها لَهُ كانَ عَلى مُقْتَضى (p-٤٦١)العادَةِ في التَّدْمِيرِ والأذى عِنْدَ عُصُوفِها وإنْ كانَ خارِقًا بِقُوَّتِهِ، والَّتِي لِسُلَيْمانَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ لِلنَّجاةِ والمَنافِعِ، هَذا مَعَ تَكْرارِها فَأمْرُها أظْهَرُ، وفِعْلُها أزْكى وأطْهَرُ.
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21:82
وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعۡمَلُونَ عَمَلٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٨٢
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.1
1 translator’s note
- Preventing any disobedience or deviation by them from Solomon's instructions and protecting him from being harmed by them. ↩
21:83
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ٨٣
And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."
21:84
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرّٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨٤
So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].
21:85
وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدۡرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ كُلّٞ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ٨٥
And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
21:86
وَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٦
And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.
21:87
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبٗا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٧
And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger1 and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.2 And he called out within the darknesses,3 "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
21:88
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِي ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨
So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
21:89
وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدٗا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٨٩
And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
21:90
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ وَأَصۡلَحۡنَا لَهُۥ زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَيَدۡعُونَنَا رَغَبٗا وَرَهَبٗاۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ ٩٠
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate1 Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., worship. ↩