Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:80

21:80

وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَـٰكِرُونَ

waʿallamnāhu ṣanʿata labūsin lakum lituḥ'ṣinakum min basikum fahal antum shākirūna

And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

— Saheeh International

We taught him how to make coats of mail for the benefit of you [people], to protect you in your wars, but are you grateful for this?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We taught him the making of metal coats of mail (for battles), to protect you in your fighting. Are you then grateful?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُwaʿallamnāhuAnd We taught him
صَنْعَةَṣanʿata(the) making
لَبُوسٍۢlabūsin(of) coats of armor
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
لِتُحْصِنَكُمlituḥ'ṣinakumto protect you
مِّنۢminfrom
بَأْسِكُمْۖbasikumyour battle
فَهَلْfahalThen will
أَنتُمْantumyou
شَـٰكِرُونَshākirūna(be) grateful