Quran with English_Maududi translation - Surah Al-Kahf ayat 79 - الكَهف - Page - Juz 16
﴿أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتۡ لِمَسَٰكِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنۡ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٞ يَأۡخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصۡبٗا ﴾
[الكَهف: 79]
﴿أما السفينة فكانت لمساكين يعملون في البحر فأردت أن أعيبها وكان وراءهم﴾ [الكَهف: 79]
| Abdel Haleem 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 |
| Abdul Hye As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working in the sea. I intended to damage it as there was a king after them who was seizing every ship by force |
| Abdullah Yusuf Ali 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 |
| Abdul Majid Daryabadi As for the boat, it belonged to poor men working in the sea, so I intended to damage it, for there was before them a prince taking every boat by force |
| Ahmed Ali That boat belonged to poor people who used to toil on the sea. I damaged it because there was a king after them who used to seize every ship by force |
| Aisha Bewley As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who worked on the sea. I wanted to damage it because a king was coming behind them, commandeering every boat |
| 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 |
| Ali Quli Qarai 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 |