سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٨٠
وَعَلَّمْنَٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَٰكِرُونَ ٨٠
waʿallamnāhu ṣanʿata labūsin lakum lituḥ'ṣinakum min basikum fahal antum shākirūna
And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?
Verse 80 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:80), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 328 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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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?
And We taught him33 the art of making coats of mail for you to protect yourselves in your battle. Will you then be grateful?
[33] i.e., David apart from Solomon.
And We taught him the making of metal coats of mail (for battles), to protect you in your fighting. Are you then grateful?
And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful?
It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your benefit, to guard you from each other's violence: will ye then be grateful?
And We taught him the making of coats of mail for you, that they might protect you in your wars; will you then be grateful?
And We taught him the working out of clothing (i.e., coat of mail) for you to fortify you against your violence; then are you thankful?
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Dawūd (peace be upon him) used to eat only from the earnings of his own hands." Al-Miqdām ibn Ma‘d Yakrab (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet…
مَا أَكَلَ أَحَدٌ طَعَامًا قَطُّ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ، وَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ دَاوُدَ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ "
لاَ يَأْكُلُ إِلاَّ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ "
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا يَٰجِبَالُ أَوِّبِى مَعَهُۥ وَٱلطَّيْرَ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ ٱلْحَدِيدَ …
And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron, …
