24 Preface وَلَهُ الجَوارِ المُنشَآتُ فِي البَحرِ كَالأَعلامِYusuf AliAnd His are the Ships1 sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains:2The Ships-sailing ships and steamers, and by extension of the analogy, aeroplanes and airships majestically navigating the air-are made by man, but the intelligence and science which made them possible are given by man’s Creator; and therefore the Ships also are the gifts of God.Lofty as mountains: both in respect of the high sails, or masts, and in respect of the height to which the top of the ship towers above the surface of the sea. The 'Queen Mary II'-the biggest ship afloat in 2004-has a height, from the keel to the top of the funnel of 236 feet. (Eds.)