Surah 18:79

"As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the sea, and I wanted to damage it, (because) behind them (there) was a king seizing every ship by force."

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Interpretations of the Damaged Ship Verses 18:79

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Verse 79

أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتۡ لِمَسَٰكِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنۡ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٞ يَأۡخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصۡبٗا

As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the sea, and I wanted to damage it, (because) behind them (there) was a king seizing every ship by force.

This is an explanation of what Musa found so hard to understand, and the appearence of which he condemied.

Allah showed Al-Kljidr the hidden reasons, so he said, “1 damaged the ship to make it faulty, because they u sed to pass by a king who was one of the oppressors, who

iseized every boat), i.e., every good, sound boat

iby force.) ‘So I wanted to prevent him from taking this boa|; by making it appear faulty, so that its poor owners who had nothing else could benefit from it.’ It was also said that they were orphans.

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Universal Sunni Consensus: Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim by Hafiz Ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1301–1373 AD) is universally regarded across all major schools of Sunni Islam (traditional, Salafi, Ash'ari) as the most authoritative classical exegesis. It is prized because it relies on Tafsir bil-Ma'thur—interpreting the Quran using the Quran itself, authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad, and recorded statements of the early Companions (Sahabah).

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