17. al-Israa, Mecca 50

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

رَّبُّكُمُ الَّذِي يُزْجِي لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ فِي الْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُواْ مِن فَضْلِهِ...   

17: 66.  Your Lord is He that maketh the Ship go smoothly for you through the sea, in order that ye may seek of His Bounty:

...إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا ﴿٦٦﴾

for He is unto you Most Merciful.

Pickthall’s Version:

17: 66

Pickthall (O mankind), your Lord is He Who driveth for you the ship upon the sea that ye may seek of His bounty. Lo! He was ever Merciful toward you.

Transliteration Rabbukumul lazi yuzji lakumul fulka fil bahri litabtagu_ min fadlih(i), innahu_ ka_na bikum rahimu_(n).

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Ali’s comments:

C2261. This illustration of the sea, and the skill with which, by God’s grace, men pass through it with ease in order to earn material gains by commerce, social gains by human intercourse, and spiritual gains by knowledge, is frequently used to enforce Allah's goodness to man.

Cf. 2:164.