Surah Al-Isra 17:66 — translation and meaning
الإسراء · Verse 66 / 111 · Page 288
ۚ رَّبُّكُمُ الَّذِي يُزْجِي لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ فِي الْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا
Word by Word
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رَّبُّكُمُ
rabbukumu
Your Lord
الَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
يُزْجِي
yuz'ji
drives
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
الْفُلْكَ
al-ful'ka
the ship
فِي
fi
in
الْبَحْرِ
al-bahri
the sea
لِتَبْتَغُوا
litabtaghu
that you may seek
مِن
min
of
فَضْلِهِ
fadlihi
His Bounty
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed He
كَانَ
kana
is
بِكُمْ
bikum
to you
رَحِيمًا
rahiman
Ever Merciful
Transliteration
Rabbukumul lazee yuzjee lakumul fulka fil bahri litabtaghoo min fadlih; innahoo kaana bikum Raheemaa
Translation
It is your Lord who drives the ship for you through the sea that you may seek of His bounty. Indeed, He is ever, to you, Merciful.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Your Lord - O people - is the one who makes the ships sail for you in the sea, hoping to seek your sustenance through the profits from trade and the like. He is Merciful to you as He facilitated these means for you.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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