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Siin-Fa-Nun
to sculpture, cut, hew, pare.
safina'tun
boat, ship, bark, ark as it cleaves, slits, tears the water.
safinah
n.f.
18:71
فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئا ً إِمْرا ً
Fānţalaqā Ĥattá 'Idhā Rakibā Fī As-Safīnati Kharaqahā Qāla 'Akharaqtahā Litughriqa 'Ahlahā Laqad Ji'ta Shay'āan 'Imrāan
So they ventured forth until they rode in a boat and he made a hole in it. He said: "Have you made a hole in it to drown its people? You have done something dreadful!"
18:79
أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُمْ مَلِك ٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبا ً
'Ammā As-Safīnatu Fakānat Limasākīna Ya`malūna Fī Al-Baĥri Fa'aradtu 'An 'A`ībahā Wa Kāna Warā'ahum Malikun Ya'khudhu Kulla Safīnatin Ghaşbāan
"As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who were working the sea, so I wanted to damage it as there was a king coming who takes every boat by force."
18:79
أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُمْ مَلِك ٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبا ً
'Ammā As-Safīnatu Fakānat Limasākīna Ya`malūna Fī Al-Baĥri Fa'aradtu 'An 'A`ībahā Wa Kāna Warā'ahum Malikun Ya'khudhu Kulla Safīnatin Ghaşbāan
"As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who were working the sea, so I wanted to damage it as there was a king coming who takes every boat by force."
29:15
فَأَنجَيْنَاه ُُ وَأَصْحَابَ السَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا آيَة ً لِلْعَالَمِينَ
Fa'anjaynāhu Wa 'Aşĥāba As-Safīnati Wa Ja`alnāhā 'Āyatan Lil`ālamīna
So We saved him and the people on the ship, and We made it a sign for the worlds.
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