The Holy Quran 38:41 — Surah Sad

Arabic text

وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ

Translation

Remember Our slave (servant) Ayyoob عليه الصلاة والسلام. (It is well worth mentioning that) When (he was suffering from a severe disease after losing all his wealth and children) he called his Rabb saying, "Verily Shaytaan has afflicted me with pain and difficulty (by continuously trying to cast evil thoughts in my mind and by trying to mislead my wife as will be mentioned in verse 44 ahead)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The story of Ayyub ﵇: a careful study of the Noble Quran shows that matters in which there is some aspect of evil or harm, or of the loss of some sound purpose, are ascribed to Shaytan, as in the story of Musa ﵇: وَمَآ اَنْسٰنِيْهُ اِلَّا الشَّيْطٰنُ اَنْ اَذْكُرَهٗ (“It was only Shaytan who made me forget to mention it”) (Surah Al-Kahf, ruku' (section) 9)

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