The Cave
18. Al-Kahf
الكهف
Page #302
18:79
أَمَّا
السَّفِينَةُ
فَكَانَتْ
لِمَسَاكِينَ
يَعْمَلُونَ
فِي
الْبَحْرِ
فَأَرَدتُّ
أَنْ
أَعِيبَهَا
وَكَانَ
وَرَاءَهُم
مَّلِكٌ
يَأْخُذُ
كُلَّ
سَفِينَةٍ
غَصْبًا
ʾammā s-safīnatu fa-kānat li-masākīna yaʿmalūna fī l-baḥri fa-ʾaradtu ʾan ʾaʿībahā wa-kāna warāʾahum malikun yaʾkhudhu kulla safīnatin ghaṣban
"As for the boat, it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied on the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable, for there was after them a certain king who seized on every boat by force.
— Abdullah Yusufali
As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who work on the sea. I wanted to make it defective, for behind them was a king seizing every ship usurpingly.
