Quran 18:79 — Al-Kahf, verse 79
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
the boat belonged to some needy people who made their living from the sea and I damaged it because I knew that coming after them was a king who was seizing every [serviceable] boat by force.
أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا
ammā l-safīnatu fakānat limasākīna yaʿmalūna fī l-baḥri fa-aradttu an aʿībahā wakāna warāahum malikun yakhudhu kulla safīnatin ghaṣban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- As for the ship, it belonged to certain poor men, who toiled upon the sea; and I desired to damage it, for behind them there was a king who was seizing every ship by brutal force.
- Muhammad Asad
- "As for that boat, it belonged to some needy people who toiled upon the sea -and I desired to damage it because (I knew that] behind them was a king who is wont to seize every boat by brute force.
- Sahih International
- As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمَّاammā | As for | — |
| 2 | ٱلسَّفِينَةُl-safīnatu | the ship | سفن |
| 3 | فَكَانَتْfakānat | it was | كون |
| 4 | لِمَسَـٰكِينَlimasākīna | of (the) poor people | سكن |
| 5 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | working | عمل |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri | the sea | بحر |
| 8 | فَأَرَدتُّfa-aradttu | So I intended | رود |
| 9 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 10 | أَعِيبَهَاaʿībahā | I cause defect (in) it | عيب |
| 11 | وَكَانَwakāna | (as there) was | كون |
| 12 | وَرَآءَهُمwarāahum | after them | وري |
| 13 | مَّلِكٌۭmalikun | a king | ملك |
| 14 | يَأْخُذُyakhudhu | who seized | أخذ |
| 15 | كُلَّkulla | every | كلل |
| 16 | سَفِينَةٍsafīnatin | ship | سفن |
| 17 | غَصْبًۭاghaṣban | (by) force | غصب |