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Al-Anbya 80

Ayah 80 of 112 · Meccan

وَعَلَّمۡنَٰهُ صَنۡعَةَ لَبُوسٖ لَّكُمۡ لِتُحۡصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأۡسِكُمۡۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُمۡ شَٰكِرُونَ ٨٠

And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَعَلَّمۡنَٰهُAnd We taught himwaʿallamnāhu
  2. صَنۡعَةَ(the) makingṣanʿata
  3. لَبُوسٖ(of) coats of armorlabūsin
  4. لَّكُمۡfor youlakum
  5. لِتُحۡصِنَكُمto protect youlituḥ'ṣinakum
  6. مِّنۢfrommin
  7. بَأۡسِكُمۡۖyour battlebasikum
  8. فَهَلۡThen willfahal
  9. أَنتُمۡyouantum
  10. شَٰكِرُونَ(be) gratefulshākirūna

Tafsir

I exclusively taught David, and not Solomon, the skill of crafting armour, so that you could protect yourselves from anyone who tried to attack you with weapons. O people! Will you then show gratitude for this blessing that I bestowed upon you?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran