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| 82. And WE subjected to him deep divers who dived for him, and did other works besides that; and it was WE Who guarded them. 83. And call to mind Job when he cried to his Lord, `Distress has afflicted me, and Thou art the Most Merciful of all who show mercy.' 84. So WE heard his prayer and removed the distress from which he suffered, and WE restored to him his family and the like thereof with them, as a mercy from US, and as an admonition to the worshippers. 85. And call to mind Ishmael and Idris and Dhu'l-Kifl. All were men of patience. 86. And WE admitted them to OUR mercy. Surely, they were of the righteous ones. 87. And remember Dhu'l-Nun, when he went away in anger, and he was sure in his mind that WE would not cause him distress and he cried out in the midst of his afflictions: `There is no god but Thou, Holy art Thou. I have indeed been of the wrongdoers.' 88. So WE heard his prayer and delivered him from his distress. And thus do WE deliver true believers. 89. And remember Zachariah also when he cried to his Lord: `My Lord, leave me not alone and Thou art the Best of inheritors.' 90. So WE heard his prayer and bestowed upon him John and cured his wife of sterility for him. They used to vie with one another in good works and they called on US in hope and in fear, and they humbled themselves before US. |
