The Holy Quran 36:42 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ

Translation

And (In addition to this) We have made (marine) conveyances for them like the ark, which they board (to transport themselves and their goods to distant lands).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, in the time of Nuh ﵇, when the Flood came, [Allah] placed the descendants of Adam ﵇ aboard that laden ship which Nuh ﵇ had built; otherwise the human race would not have survived. Then, on the model of that ship, He made for you other boats and vessels, on which you travel laden to this day.

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