The Holy Quran 38:37 — Surah Sad

Arabic text

وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ

Translation

And (We also placed) the Shayaateen (at his service), who were builders and divers. (They dived for pearls and built large projects for him, as mentioned in verse 13 of Surah 34.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The subjugation of the jinn and the winds: that is, the jinn, at his command, built great buildings and dived into the rivers to bring out pearls and the like. Some details about the subjugation of the wind and the jinn have already passed earlier in Surah Saba and elsewhere.

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