Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:82

21:82

وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ

wamina l-shayāṭīni man yaghūṣūna lahu wayaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālika wakunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīna

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.

— Saheeh International

and We made some of the jinn subservient to him, to dive for him and do other works besides. We were watching over them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And of the Shayâtîn (devils from the jinn) were some who dived for him, and did other work besides that; and it was We Who guarded them.

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

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Word by Word

وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِl-shayāṭīnithe devils
مَنman(were some) who
يَغُوصُونَyaghūṣūnawould dive
لَهُۥlahufor him
وَيَعْمَلُونَwayaʿmalūnaand would do
عَمَلًۭاʿamalanwork
دُونَdūnaother than
ذَٰلِكَۖdhālikathat
وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd We were
لَهُمْlahumof them
حَـٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīnaGuardians