18:79 am-mas safiynatu fa kaanat li masaakiyna ya'Åmaluuna fiyl baHri fa arat-tu an a'Iybahaa wa kaana waraa-ahum malikuy ya'khudhu kul-la safiynatin gaSbaa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
"In respect of the boat - it belonged to the poor people who worked on the river, so I wished to flaw it - and behind them was a king who would capture every sound ship."

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.

Pickthal:
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.