Al-Kahf 18:79

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أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا

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As for the boat, it belonged to paupers working at sea. I wanted to damage it because there was a king coming after them seizing every boat by force.

ClearQuran • Talal Itani • Allah

As for the boat, it belonged to paupers working at sea. I wanted to damage it because there was a king coming after them seizing every boat by force.

ClearQuran • Talal Itani • God

The boat belonged to poor people who worked on the sea. I wanted to damage it because there was a king coming behind them who was taking every boat by force.

ClearQuran for Kids • Talal Itani

As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who worked at sea. I wanted to damage it because there was a king coming behind them who was taking every boat by force.

ClearQuran for Teens • Talal Itani

As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. I intended to damage it, for behind them was a king who seized every ship by force.

ClearQuran • AI-assisted

As for the boat, it belonged to paupers working at sea. I intended to damage it because there was a king coming after them seizing every boat by force.

Community • Allah

As for the boat, it belonged to paupers working at sea. I intended to damage it because there was a king coming after them seizing every boat by force.

Community • God

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 Masâkîn (poor people) working in the sea. So I wished to make a defective damage in it, as there was a king behind them who seized every ship by force.

Hilali and Khan

“As for the ship, it belonged to some poor people who worked at sea. I wanted to make it defective because there was a king ahead of them who seized every [good] ship by force.

Rowwad Translation Center

"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 Yusuf Ali

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

"The boat belonged to some poor people who made their living from the sea. I wanted to damage it because there was a king coming behind them who was seizing every boat by force.

Wahiduddin Khan

As for the boat it belonged to some poor people who worked on the river, and I desired to damage it for beyond them lay the dominion of a king who was wont to seize every boat by force.

Abul A'la Maududi

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.

Ali Quli Qarai

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

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