الْكَهْفِ

Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 79

The Cave · Meccan · 110 ayahs

18:79

اَمَّا السَّفٖینَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكٖینَ یَعْمَلُونَ فِی الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُ اَنْ اَعٖیبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَٓاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ یَاْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفٖینَةٍ غَصْبًا

Amma alssafeenatu fakanat limasakeena yaAAmaloona fee albahri faaradtu an aAAeebaha wakana waraahum malikun yakhuthu kulla safeenatin ghasban

Translations

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

Saheeh International

As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and I wished to mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking every ship by force

Marmaduke Pickthall