Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

80 We taught him the making of coats of mail for you,
to protect you from your [own] violence.
Will you then be grateful?
81 And for Solomon [We disposed] the tempestuous wind
which blew by his command
toward the land which We have blessed,
and We have knowledge of all things.
82 Among the devils were some who dived for him
and performed tasks other than that,
and We were watchful over them.

83 And Job, when he called out to his Lord,
‘Indeed distress has befallen me,
and You are the most merciful of the merciful.’
84 So We answered his prayer
and removed his distress,
and We gave him [back] his family
along with others like them,
as a mercy from Us,
and an admonition for the devout.

85 And Ishmael, Idris, and Dhul-Kifl
— each of them was among the patient.
86 We admitted them into Our mercy.
Indeed they were among the righteous.

87 And the Man of the Fish, when he left in a rage,
thinking that We would not put him to hardship.
Then he cried out in the darkness,
‘There is no god except You!

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 26 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=490