Surat Ash-Shūraá (The Consultation)

• Ayah

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  وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ الْجَوَارِ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ

• Ayah

  Transliteration

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  Wamin ayatihi aljawarifee albahri kal-aAAlam

• Translation

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  And of His signs are the ships in the sea, like mountains.

• Audio

  By Ibn Kathir Urdu

  
• Fi Dhilal Al Qur'an

  Sayyid Qutb

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  Control of Natural Laws

  And among His signs are the ships that sail like floating mountains through the seas. If He wills, He stills the wind, and then they lie motionless on the surface of the sea. In this there are signs indeed for all who are patient in adversity and deeply grateful to God; or else He may cause them to perish because of what they have wrought and yet He forgives much. Let those who call Our messages into question know that there is no escape for them. (Verses 32-35)

  Ships that traverse the sea are yet another of God's signs, just like mountains. lt is a sign seen by all. They represent a phenomenon that is based on several factors each of which is a great sign put in place by God Almighty. Who created the sea? Can any human or any other creature claim that they made the sea? Who gave the sea its different characteristics: the density of its water, its depth and vast area allowing it to carry such large craft? Then what about the wind that moves the ships that were known to those who were the first to be addressed by the Qur'an; and what about other forces that man was subsequently able to use such as steam and  nuclear power, and other forces God may place at man's disposal in future? Who has given these forces their qualities that make them able to move such huge ships in the sea, so that they look like mountains on its surface?

• Tafsir

  Ibn Kathir

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  Ships are also among the Signs of Allah

  Allah tells us that another sign of His great power and dominion is the fact that He has subjugated the sea so that ships may sail in it by His command, so they sail in the sea like mountains. This was the view of Mujahid, Al-Hasan, As-Suddi and Ad-Dahhak. In other words, these ships on the sea are like mountains on land.