Quran Verses about Prophet Job
Prophet Job was afflicted with illness and the loss of his family, and he called on his Lord, the Most Merciful of the merciful. Allah answered his prayer: he was told to strike the ground with his foot so that water sprang up for washing and drinking, his illness left him, and his family was given back to him along with as many more as a mercy. Allah praises him as patient, an excellent servant who constantly turned back to Him.
Job calls on his Lord in his illness
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ٨٣
Wa ayyūba idh nādā rabbahū annī massaniyaḍ-ḍurru wa anta arḥamur-rāḥimīn.
And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."
وَٱذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ بِنُصۡبٖ وَعَذَابٍ ٤١
Wadhkur ʿabdanā ayyūba idh nādā rabbahū annī massaniyash-shayṭānu binuṣbiw wa ʿadhāb.
And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."
His prayer answered and his family restored
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرّٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨٤
Fastajabnā lahū fakashafnā mā bihī min ḍurr, wa ātaynāhu ahlahū wa mithlahum maʿahum raḥmatam min ʿindinā wa dhikrā lil-ʿābidīn.
So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].
ٱرۡكُضۡ بِرِجۡلِكَۖ هَٰذَا مُغۡتَسَلُۢ بَارِدٞ وَشَرَابٞ ٤٢
Urkuḍ birijlik, hādhā mughtasalum bāriduw wa sharāb.
[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for a] cool bath and drink."
وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٤٣
Wa wahabnā lahū ahlahū wa mithlahum maʿahum raḥmatam minnā wa dhikrā liʾulil-albāb.
And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.
Job's oath and the praise of his patience
وَخُذۡ بِيَدِكَ ضِغۡثٗا فَٱضۡرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحۡنَثۡۗ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَٰهُ صَابِرٗاۚ نِّعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٞ ٤٤
Wa khudh biyadika ḍighthan faḍrib bihī wa lā taḥnath, innā wajadnāhu ṣābirā, niʿmal-ʿabdu innahū awwāb.
[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath."1 Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
Footnotes (1)
- At a point during his illness, Job became angry with his wife and swore that if he recovered, he would punish her with one hundred lashes. According to Allāh's instruction, the oath was fulfilled by striking her once with one hundred blades of grass.