سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 41
وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ ﴿41﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And remember Our slave Ayyûb (Job), when he invoked his Lord (saying): "Verily Shaitân (Satan) has touched me with distress (by ruining my health) and torment (by ruining my wealth)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱذْكُرْ
wa-udh'kur
And remember
عَبْدَنَآ
ʿabdanā
Our slave
أَيُّوبَ
ayyūba
Ayyub
إِذْ
idh
when
نَادَىٰ
nādā
he called
رَبَّهُۥٓ
rabbahu
his Lord
أَنِّى
annī
That [I]
مَسَّنِىَ
massaniya
(has) touched me
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
Shaitaan
بِنُصْبٍۢ
binuṣ'bin
with distress
وَعَذَابٍ
waʿadhābin
and suffering
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41. And remember Our servant Job, when he called upon his Lord, "Indeed, Satan [47] has afflicted me with hardship and torment."
[47]
Attributing Evil to Satan:
It is part of every Muslim's belief and a component of his faith in the unseen that whether it is distress or comfort, evil or good, everything happens under Allah's will. However, sometimes this will is also, to some extent, dependent on a person's own faults or satanic whispers. And from the study of the Quran, it is understood that in matters where there is an aspect of evil, harm, or the loss of a rightful purpose, Allah's close servants, out of respect and humility, never attribute such things to Allah, but rather to themselves or to Satan. For example, Sayyiduna Ibrahimؑ attributed his illness to himself. Yusha bin Nun, who was with Sayyiduna Musaؑ, attributed the fish going into the sea to Satan. Similarly, Ayyub also attributed his illness and suffering to Satan, and it could also mean that Sayyiduna Ayyubؑ, due to prolonged illness and suffering, was unable to worship Allah properly, so he considered the cause of this shortcoming to be satanic whispers.
[47]
Attributing Evil to Satan:
It is part of every Muslim's belief and a component of his faith in the unseen that whether it is distress or comfort, evil or good, everything happens under Allah's will. However, sometimes this will is also, to some extent, dependent on a person's own faults or satanic whispers. And from the study of the Quran, it is understood that in matters where there is an aspect of evil, harm, or the loss of a rightful purpose, Allah's close servants, out of respect and humility, never attribute such things to Allah, but rather to themselves or to Satan. For example, Sayyiduna Ibrahimؑ attributed his illness to himself. Yusha bin Nun, who was with Sayyiduna Musaؑ, attributed the fish going into the sea to Satan. Similarly, Ayyub also attributed his illness and suffering to Satan, and it could also mean that Sayyiduna Ayyubؑ, due to prolonged illness and suffering, was unable to worship Allah properly, so he considered the cause of this shortcoming to be satanic whispers.
