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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

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وَعَلَّمْنَٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍۢ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَٰكِرُونَ﴿٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُwaʿallamnāhuAnd We taught him
صَنْعَةَṣanʿata(the) making
لَبُوسٍۢlabūsin(of) coats of armor
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
لِتُحْصِنَكُمlituḥ'ṣinakumto protect you
مِّنۢminfrom
بَأْسِكُمْ ۖbasikumyour battle
فَهَلْfahalThen will
أَنتُمْantumyou
شَـٰكِرُونَshākirūna(be) grateful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Dawud and Sulayman and the Signs which They were given; the Story of the People whose Sheep pastured at Night in the FieldAbu Ishaq narrated from Murrah from Ibn Mas`ud: "That crop was grapes, bunches of which were dangling." This was also the view of Shurayh. Ibn `Abbas said: "Nafash means grazing." Shurayh, Az-Zuhri and Qatadah said: "Nafash only happens at night." Qatadah added, "and Al-Haml is grazing during the day.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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