Surah Al-Kahf Ayat 79 (18:79) with Urdu & English Translation

Ayat 79 of Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف), the 18th surah of the Holy Qur'an, which has 110 verses and was revealed in Makkah. Read this verse below in Arabic with Roman transliteration, English translation (Saheeh International) and Urdu translation (Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry), and listen to the recitation by Mishary Rashid Alafasy.

أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَٰكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٌۭ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًۭا ﴿79﴾

Ammas safeenatu fakaanat limasaakeena ya'maloona fil bahri fa arattu an a'eebahaa wa kaana waraaa' ahum malikuny yaakhuzu kulla safeenatin ghasbaa

18:79. 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.

(کہ وہ جو) کشتی (تھی) غریب لوگوں کی تھی جو دریا میں محنت (کرکے یعنی کشتیاں چلا کر گذارہ) کرتے تھے۔ اور ان کے سامنے (کی طرف) ایک بادشاہ تھا جو ہر ایک کشتی کو زبردستی چھین لیتا تھا تو میں نے چاہا کہ اسے عیب دار کردوں (تاکہ وہ اسے غصب نہ کرسکے)

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Arabic text: Tanzil Project (Uthmani script). English translation: Saheeh International. Urdu translation: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy.