# 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 79 - **Surah:** 18. Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave) — سورة الكهف - **Verse:** 79 / 110 · **Juz:** 16 · **Mushaf page:** 301 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-79 ## Arabic اَمَّا السَّف۪ينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاك۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُ اَنْ اَع۪يبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَٓاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَف۪ينَةٍ غَصْباً ## Transcription Amma assafeenatu fakanatlimasakeena yaAAmaloona fee albahri faaradtu anaAAeebaha wakana waraahum malikun ya/khuthukulla safeenatin ghasba ## Translations ### 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. ### Progressive Muslims "As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who were working the sea, so I wanted to damage it as there was a king coming who takes every boat by force. " ### Shabbir Ahmed "As for the boat, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and I wished to make it defective. For, behind them was a king who was taking every (good) boat by force. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation “As for the boat: it belonged to poor people working on the sea, and I desired to damage it, for there was behind them a king taking every boat by force. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation "As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who were working the sea, so I wanted to damage it as there was a king coming who takes every boat by force." ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament "As for the ship, it belonged to poor fishermen, and I wanted to render it defective. There was a king coming after them, who was confiscating every ship, forcibly. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira 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. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) 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. ### Muhammad Asad "As for that boat, it belonged to some needy people who toiled upon the sea -and I desired to damage it because (I knew that] behind them was a king who is wont to seize every boat by brute force. ### Marmaduke Pickthall 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. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary 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. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab "As to the boat", said the teacher, "it belonged to poor people –seamen- making a living, and I intended to make it defective to prevent their king, who pursues boat-owners, from capturing their boat". ### Bijan Moeinian "The ship [that I made defective] belonged to a bunch of poor fishermen. There was a king passing by his army who was confiscating every boat [for the use in his army.]" ### Al-Hilali & Khan "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. ### 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. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran "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. ### Taqi Usmani As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who worked at sea. So I wanted to make it defective, as there was a king across them who used to usurp every boat by force. ### Abdul 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. ### Arthur John 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. ### E. Henry Palmer As for the bark it belonged to poor people, who toiled on the sea, and I wished to damage it, for behind it was a king who seized on every bark by force. ### Hamid S. Aziz Said he, "This is the parting between me and you. I will give you the interpretation of that with which you could not bear with me. ### Mahmoud Ghali As for the ship, then it belonged to (certain) indigent persons who did (their business) upon the sea. Then I willingly damaged it, (and) beyond them was a king who was taking away every ship by force. ### George Sale The vessel belonged to certain poor men, who did their business in the sea: And I was minded to render it unserviceable, because there was a king behind them, who took every sound ship by force. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed "As for the boat, it belonged to certain men who were in great need: They used (it) for working the sea: I only wished to make it useless (temporarily), because, after them was a certain king who took over (seized) every boat by force. ### Amatul Rahman Omar `As for the boat it belonged to (certain) poor people who worked on the river, and in their rear there was a (brutal) king who seized every (good) boat by force, so I chose to damage it (the boat). ### 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. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü "O tekneden başlayalım: O tekne, denizde çalışan yoksullarındı. Ben onu kusurlu yapmayı diledim. . . (Çünkü) onların karşılaşacağı, her tekneye el koyan bir Melik var idi" (yaralı tekneyi almayacağı için tekneyi kurtardım, onlara iyilik olsun diye). ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı "Gemi, denizde çalışan yoksullarındı, onu kusurlu yapmak istedim, (çünkü) ilerilerinde, her gemiyi zorbalıkla ele geçiren bir kral vardı." ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali "O gemi, denizde çalışan birtakım yoksul kimselere aitti. Ona hasar vermek istedim. Çünkü arkasında her sağlam gemiyi zorla gaspeden bir kral vardı." ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali "O gemi, denizde çalışan birtakım yoksul kimselere ait idi. Onu yaralamak istedim, çünkü onların ilerisinde, her gemiyi zorla ele geçiren bir kral vardı." ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Evvela gemi, denizde çalışan bir takım biçarelerin idi, ben onu ayıblandırmak istedim ki: ötelerinde bir Melik vardı, her sağlam gemiyi gasben alıyordu ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Önce gemi, denizde çalışan birtakım zavallılarındı. Ben onu kusurlu hale getirmek istedim; çünkü ötelerinde bütün sağlam gemileri gaspedip alan bir hükümdar vardı. ### Gültekin Onan "Gemi, denizde çalışan yoksullarındı, onu kusurlu yapmak istedim, (çünkü) ilerilerinde, her gemiyi zorbalıkla ele geçiren bir kral vardı." ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim "Gemiye gelince: (o,) denizde iş yapan yoksullarındı. Ben onu kusurlu yapmak istedim (ki) arkalarında her (sağlam) gemiyi zorla almakda olan bir hükümdar vardı". ### İbni Kesir Gemi; denizde çalışan yoksullara aitti. Onu kusurlu kılmak istedim. Zira arkalarında, her sağlam gemiye zorla el koyan bir hükümdar vardı. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı O tekne, geçimini denizden sağlayan yoksul insanlara aitti; ona hasar vermek istedim, çünkü peşlerinde her (sağlam) tekneye zorla el koyan bir hükümdar oldu(ğunu biliyordum). ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Birincisi gemi, denizde çalışan fakirlere aitti. Onun kusurlu görünmesini istedim. Çünkü arkalarında, her sağlam gemiyi gasp eden bir kral vardı. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali "O (yaraladığım) gemi, denizde çalışan yoksullarındı. Onu kusurlu yapmak istedim, çünkü onların ilerisinde her (sağlam) gemiyi zorla alan bir kral vardı." ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali "Gemiden başlayayım: O gemi, denizde işçilik yapan bir grup yoksulundu. Ben onu kusurlu hale getirmek istedim. Çünkü biraz ötelerinde bir kral vardı; tüm gemilere zorla el koyuyordu." ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an "Gemiden başlayalım: O gemi, geçimini denizden sağlayan yoksullara aitti. Hal böyleyken onu hasarlı hale getirmek istedim, çünkü onların peşinde her gemiye zorla el koyan bir yönetici bulunuyordu." ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an " O gemi, geçimini denizden sağlayan yoksul kimselere aitti. Gemiyi hasarlı göstermek istedim, zira onların arkasında bütün gemileri gasp eden bir hükümdar vardı." ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek "Gemi, denizde çalışan yoksullarındı. Onu kusurlu yapmak istedim. Çünkü biraz ileride, tüm gemileri zorbalıkla ele geçiren bir kral vardı!" ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali O gemi, denizde çalışan miskinlere[1] aitti, yolları üstünde her gemiye zorla el koyan bir kral vardı; bu sebeple onu hasarlı hale getirmek istedim. _Footnotes_ - [1] Miskinin kök anlamı hareketin ardından durağanlaşmadır. Hasta, sakat, yaşlı ve işsiz gibi çaresiz kalmış herkes bu konuma girer. Nebimiz şöyle demiştir: "Miskin bir parça, iki parça yiyecek ile yetinen kişi değildir. İhtiyacını karşılayamadığı halde utanan veya ısrarla kimseden bir şey isteyemeyen kişidir." (Buhari, "Zekat", 53; Müslim, "Zekat", 101; Ebu Davud, "Zekat", 23; Nesai, "Zekat", 78.) Bunlara miskin denmesi, gemileri ellerinden alındıktan sonra işsiz kalacaklarından dolayıydı. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir "Gemi var ya o, denizde çalışan yoksul kişilerindi. Onu kusurlu kılmak istedim. (Çünkü) onların arkasında her (sağlam) gemiye el koymakta olan bir hükümdar vardı. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "O gemi, geçimini denizden sağlayan yoksul kimselere aitti. Gemiyi hasarlı göstermek istedim, zira onların ilerisinde bütün gemileri gasp eden bir hükümdar vardı." ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an "O gemi, geçimini denizden sağlayan yoksul kimselere aitti. Gemiyi hasarlı göstermek istedim, zira onların ilerisinde bütün gemileri gasp eden bir hükümdar vardı." ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali O gemi, denizde çalışan, yapacak başka işleri olmayan kişilere aitti. Onu hasarlı hale getirmek istedim; çünkü önlerinde her gemiye zorla el koyan bir kral vardı. ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | أَمَّا — ammā | As for | — | | 2 | ٱلسَّفِينَةُ — l-safīnatu | the ship | سفن — Sin-Fe-Nun | | 3 | فَكَانَتْ — fakānat | it was | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun | | 4 | لِمَسَـٰكِينَ — limasākīna | of (the) poor people | سكن — Sin-Kef-Nun | | 5 | يَعْمَلُونَ — yaʿmalūna | working | عمل — Ayn-Mim-Lam | | 6 | فِى — fī | in | — | | 7 | ٱلْبَحْرِ — l-baḥri | the sea | بحر — Be-Ha-Ra | | 8 | فَأَرَدتُّ — fa-aradttu | So I intended | رود — Ra-Vav-Dal | | 9 | أَنْ — an | that | — | | 10 | أَعِيبَهَا — aʿībahā | I cause defect (in) it | عيب — Ayn-Ye-Be | | 11 | وَكَانَ — wakāna | (as there) was | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun | | 12 | وَرَآءَهُم — warāahum | after them | وري — Vav-Ra-Ye | | 13 | مَّلِكٌۭ — malikun | a king | ملك — Mim-Lam-Kef | | 14 | يَأْخُذُ — yakhudhu | who seized | اخذ — Elif-Kh-Zal | | 15 | كُلَّ — kulla | every | كلل — Kef-Lam-Lam | | 16 | سَفِينَةٍ — safīnatin | ship | سفن — Sin-Fe-Nun | | 17 | غَصْبًۭا — ghaṣban | (by) force | غصب — Gayn-Sad-Be | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-78.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-80.md Retrieved: 2026-08-13 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.