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Sura 18
Aya 79
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أَمَّا السَّفينَةُ فَكانَت لِمَساكينَ يَعمَلونَ فِي البَحرِ فَأَرَدتُ أَن أَعيبَها وَكانَ وَراءَهُم مَلِكٌ يَأخُذُ كُلَّ سَفينَةٍ غَصبًا

Muhammad Asad

"As for that boat, it belonged to some needy people who toiled upon the sea - and I desired to damage it1 because [I knew that] behind them was a king who is wont to seize every boat by brute force.
  • Lit., "to cause a fault in it" - i.e., to make it temporarily unserviceable.