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21. Surah • 84. Verse
Word Analysis
لَهُۥ
lahu
to him
مَا
mā
what
بِهِۦ
bihi
(was) on him
مِن
min
of
مَّعَهُمْ
maʿahum
with them
مِّنْ
min
from Ourselves
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
We responded to him, relieved his adversity, and restored his family for him, even twice as much. That was a mercy from us, and a reminder for the worshipers.
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
So We answered him, and We removed what was afflicting him, and We brought him back his family and others with them as a mercy from Us and a reminder to those who serve.
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
So We answered him, and We removed what was afflicting him, and We brought him back his family and others with them as a mercy from Us and a reminder to those who serve.
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
We answered him, removed his suffering, and restored his family to him, along with more like them, as an act of grace from Us and a reminder for all who serve Us.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his people to him, and doubled their number,- as a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who serve Us.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
So We answered his call, and We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his family to him (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them as a mercy from Ourselves and a Reminder for all those who worship Us.
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
So, We answered his prayer and removed whatever pain he had, and gave him (back) his family and the like thereof along with them, as a mercy from Our own Self and as a lesson for the worshippers.
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
So We answered his prayer and removed his adversity, and gave him back his family, twice as many, as a mercy from Us and a lesson for the ˹devoted˺ worshippers.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
We accepted his prayer and removed the affliction[1] from him, and We not only restored to him his family but as many more with them as a mercy from Us and as a lesson to the worshippers.[2]
1
How his disease was cured has been explained in(Surah Suad, Ayat 42): Stamp the ground with your foot: here is cool water for you to wash with and to drink. From this it appears that no sooner did he stamp the ground than a spring gushed forth. He took bath and drank the water and was cured of his disease. The nature of the treatment hints that he was suffering from a skin disease. This is confirmed by the Bible as well. Satan smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. (Job, 2:7).
2
It will be worthwhile to compare the high character of Prophet Job as given in the Quran with that in the Book of Job in the Bible. The Quran presents him as a veritable picture of patience and fortitude and an excellent model for the worshippers of Allah, but his general picture presented in the Book of Job is that of a man who is full of grievance against God: Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. Let them curse (the night) that curse the day. Because it shut not the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did sorrow from mine eyes. Why died I not from the womb? (Chapter 3). Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balance together, the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. (Chapter 6) I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? And why dost thou not pardon my transgressions, and take away my iniquity? (Chapter 7: 20-21).
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
Then We heard his prayer and removed that adversity from which he suffered, and We gave him his household (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them, a mercy from Our store, and a remembrance for the worshippers;
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
And Job, when he cried to his Lord, saying, "Lo! Adversity has touched me, but you are the most Merciful of the merciful ones. "
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
Then We responded to him; so We lifted off the adversity that was upon him, and We brought him his family and the like of them with them, a mercy from Our Providence and a Reminding to the worshipers.
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
We responded to him and removed from him the harm which was afflicting him and restored his family to him, and the same again with them, as a mercy direct from Us and a Reminder to all worshippers.
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
So We answered him, and removed the affliction that was upon him, and We gave his people, and the like of them with them, mercy from Us, and a Reminder to those who serve.
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
And we answered him, and removed from him the distress that was upon him; and we gave his family, and the like of them with them, as a mercy from us, and a remembrance to those who serve us.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
Wherefore We heard him, and relieved him from the evil which was upon him: And We restored unto him his family, and as many more with them, through our mercy, and for an admonition unto those who serve God.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
So We heard his prayer and removed the affliction which he had and We restored his family to him and as many more (followers) with them by way of mercy from Ourself. This (event) serves as a reminder for (Our) devotees.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
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.
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
I answered his call, healed him and reunited his family together to serve as an example of My Mercy to those who worship Me.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
So We heard his cry and relieved him of the misery he was in. We restored his family to him, and along with them gave him others similar to them as a grace from Us and reminder for those who are obedient.
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
whereupon We responded unto him and removed all the affliction from which he suffered; and We gave him new offspring, doubling their number as an act of grace from Us, and as a reminder unto all who worship Us.
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
And We responded favourably to his invocation and relieved him and freed it him from all tribulation and We compensated to him a progeny to replace those he had lost. We doubled their number (grand children), a mercy extended to him from Us and a great event to be happily remembered by those who are constant.
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
So We answered him, and We removed what was afflicting him, and We brought him back his family and others with them as a mercy from Us and a reminder to those who serve.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
So We listened to him, We removed the suffering that was on him, and We gave back his people to him, and doubled their number— As a Grace from Ourselves, and as a lesson to remember, for all who worship Us.
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
We responded unto him and relieved his agony from which he suffered. We re-united him with his folk and his followers had doubled in the meantime. That was Grace from Us, and a thing to be commemorated by all those who serve Us.
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
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 Allah ].
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
Then We answered him, and removed what was upon him of adversity. And We gave him his household and their like with them as a mercy from Us and a reminder to those who serve.