أَمَّا
ٱلسَّفِينَةُ
فَكَانَتۡ
لِمَسَٰكِينَ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
فِي
ٱلۡبَحۡرِ
فَأَرَدتُّ
أَنۡ
أَعِيبَهَا
وَكَانَ
وَرَآءَهُم
مَّلِكٞ
يَأۡخُذُ
كُلَّ
سَفِينَةٍ
غَصۡبٗا
٧٩
“As for the ship, it belonged to some poor people, working at sea. So I intended to damage it, for there was a ˹tyrant˺ king ahead of them who seizes every ˹good˺ ship by force.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Interpretations of why the Ship was damaged
This is an explanation of what Musa found so hard to understand, and the appearence of which he condemed. Allah showed Al-Khidr the hidden reasons, so he said, "I damaged the ship to make it faulty, because they used to pass by a king who was one of the opp
…Interpretations of why the Ship was damaged
This is an explanation of what Musa found so hard to understand, and the appearence of which he condemed. A
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