Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:12

45:12

۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِىَ ٱلْفُلْكُ فِيهِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

al-lahu alladhī sakhara lakumu l-baḥra litajriya l-ful'ku fīhi bi-amrihi walitabtaghū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum tashkurūna

It is Allāh who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

— Saheeh International

It is God who subjected the sea for you––ships sail on it by His command so that you can seek His bounty and give Him thanks––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh, it is He Who has subjected to you the sea, that ships may sail through it by His Command, and that you may seek of His Bounty, and that you may be thankful.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
سَخَّرَsakharasubjected
لَكُمُlakumuto you
ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea
لِتَجْرِىَlitajriyathat may sail
ٱلْفُلْكُl-ful'kuthe ships
فِيهِfīhitherein
بِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiby His Command
وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟walitabtaghūand that you may seek
مِنminof
فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis Bounty
وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand that you may
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnagive thanks