Quran Verses about The sea

أُحِلَّ لَكُمۡ صَيۡدُ ٱلۡبَحۡرِ وَطَعَامُهُۥ مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِۖ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ صَيۡدُ ٱلۡبَرِّ مَا دُمۡتُمۡ حُرُمٗاۗ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ ٩٦

Uḥilla lakum ṣaydul-baḥri wa ṭaʿāmuhū matāʿal lakum walis-sayyārah, wa ḥurrima ʿalaykum ṣaydul-barri mā dumtum ḥurumā, wattaqullāhal-ladhī ilayhi tuḥsharūn.

Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers,¹ but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of iḥrām. And fear Allāh to whom you will be gathered.

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزۡقٗا لَّكُمۡۖ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ لِتَجۡرِيَ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۖ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرَ ٣٢

Allāhul-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhraja bihī minath-thamarāti rizqal lakum, wa sakhkhara lakumul-fulka litajriya fil-baḥri biʾamrih, wa sakhkhara lakumul-anhār.

It is Allāh who created the heavens and the earth and sent down rain from the sky and produced thereby some fruits as provision for you and subjected for you¹ the ships to sail through the sea by His command and subjected for you the rivers.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ لِتَأۡكُلُواْ مِنۡهُ لَحۡمٗا طَرِيّٗا وَتَسۡتَخۡرِجُواْ مِنۡهُ حِلۡيَةٗ تَلۡبَسُونَهَاۖ وَتَرَى ٱلۡفُلۡكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٤

Wa huwal-ladhī sakhkharal-baḥra litaʾkulū minhu laḥman ṭariyyaw wa tastakhrijū minhu ḥilyatan talbasūnahā, wa taral-fulka mawākhira fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُزۡجِي لَكُمُ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ لِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمۡ رَحِيمٗا ٦٦

Rabbukumul-ladhī yuzjī lakumul-fulka fil-baḥri litabtaghū min faḍlih, innahū kāna bikum raḥīmā.

It is your Lord who drives the ship for you through the sea that you may seek of His bounty. Indeed, He is ever, to you, Merciful.

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن يُرۡسِلَ ٱلرِّيَاحَ مُبَشِّرَٰتٖ وَلِيُذِيقَكُم مِّن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ وَلِتَجۡرِيَ ٱلۡفُلۡكُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٤٦

Wa min āyātihī ay yursilar-riyāḥa mubashshirātiw waliyudhīqakum mir raḥmatihī walitajriyal-fulku biʾamrihī walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

And of His signs is that He sends the winds as bringers of good tidings and to let you taste His mercy [i.e., rain] and so the ships may sail at His command and so you may seek of His bounty, and perhaps you will be grateful.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِنِعۡمَتِ ٱللَّهِ لِيُرِيَكُم مِّنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٖ شَكُورٖ ٣١

Alam tara annal-fulka tajrī fil-baḥri biniʿmatillāhi liyuriyakum min āyātih, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil likulli ṣabbārin shakūr.

Do you not see that ships sail through the sea by the favor of Allāh that He may show you of His signs? Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلۡجَوَارِ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٣٢

Wa min āyātihil-jawāri fil-baḥri kal-aʿlām.

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

إِن يَشَأۡ يُسۡكِنِ ٱلرِّيحَ فَيَظۡلَلۡنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَىٰ ظَهۡرِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٖ شَكُورٍ ٣٣

Iy yashaʾ yuskinir-rīḥa fayaẓlalna rawākida ʿalā ẓahrih, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil likulli ṣabbārin shakūr.

If He willed, He could still the wind, and they would remain motionless on its surface. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ لِتَجۡرِيَ ٱلۡفُلۡكُ فِيهِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٢

Allāhul-ladhī sakhkhara lakumul-baḥra litajriyal-fulku fīhi biʾamrihī walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

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.

وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٢٤

Wa lahul-jawāril-munshaʾātu fil-baḥri kal-aʿlām.

And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ هَٰذَا عَذۡبٞ فُرَاتٞ وَهَٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجٞ وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٗا وَحِجۡرٗا مَّحۡجُورٗا ٥٣

Wa huwal-ladhī marajal-baḥrayni hādhā ʿadhbun furātuw wa hādhā milḥun ujājuw wa jaʿala baynahumā barzakhaw wa ḥijram maḥjūrā.

And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ قَرَارٗا وَجَعَلَ خِلَٰلَهَآ أَنۡهَٰرٗا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ حَاجِزًاۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٦١

Amman jaʿalal-arḍa qarāraw wa jaʿala khilālahā anhāraw wa jaʿala lahā rawāsiya wa jaʿala baynal-baḥrayni ḥājizā, aʾilāhum maʿallāh, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn.

Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allāh? [No], but most of them do not know.

وَمَا يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡبَحۡرَانِ هَٰذَا عَذۡبٞ فُرَاتٞ سَآئِغٞ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجٞۖ وَمِن كُلّٖ تَأۡكُلُونَ لَحۡمٗا طَرِيّٗا وَتَسۡتَخۡرِجُونَ حِلۡيَةٗ تَلۡبَسُونَهَاۖ وَتَرَى ٱلۡفُلۡكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٢

Wa mā yastawil-baḥrāni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun sāʾighun sharābuhū wa hādhā milḥun ujāj, wa min kullin taʾkulūna laḥman ṭariyyaw wa tastakhrijūna ḥilyatan talbasūnahā, wa taral-fulka fīhi mawākhira litabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

And not alike are the two seas [i.e., bodies of water]. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through [them] that you might seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ ١٩

Marajal-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān.

He released the two seas,¹ meeting [one another];

بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ٢٠

Baynahumā barzakhul lā yabghiyān.

Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢١

Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٢٢

Yakhruju minhumal-luʾluʾu wal-marjān.

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

قُلۡ مَن يُنَجِّيكُم مِّن ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ تَدۡعُونَهُۥ تَضَرُّعٗا وَخُفۡيَةٗ لَّئِنۡ أَنجَىٰنَا مِنۡ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ٦٣

Qul may yunajjīkum min ẓulumātil-barri wal-baḥri tadʿūnahū taḍarruʿaw wa khufyatal laʾin anjānā min hādhihī lanakūnanna minash-shākirīn.

Say, "Who rescues you from the darknesses of the land and sea [when] you call upon Him imploring [aloud] and privately, 'If He should save us from this [crisis], we will surely be among the thankful.'"

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُسَيِّرُكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا كُنتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ وَجَرَيۡنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٖ طَيِّبَةٖ وَفَرِحُواْ بِهَا جَآءَتۡهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٞ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ وَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ أُحِيطَ بِهِمۡ دَعَوُاْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ لَئِنۡ أَنجَيۡتَنَا مِنۡ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ٢٢

Huwal-ladhī yusayyirukum fil-barri wal-baḥr, ḥattā idhā kuntum fil-fulki wa jarayna bihim birīḥin ṭayyibatiw wa fariḥū bihā jāʾathā rīḥun ʿāṣifuw wa jāʾahumul-mawju min kulli makāniw wa ẓannū annahum uḥīṭa bihim daʿawullāha mukhliṣīna lahud-dīna laʾin anjaytanā min hādhihī lanakūnanna minash-shākirīn.

It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them¹ by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from every place and they expect to be engulfed, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful."

فَلَمَّآ أَنجَىٰهُمۡ إِذَا هُمۡ يَبۡغُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّۗ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغۡيُكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۖ مَّتَٰعَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡنَا مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَنُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٣

Falammā anjāhum idhā hum yabghūna fil-arḍi bighayril-ḥaqq, yāʾayyuhan-nāsu innamā baghyukum ʿalā anfusikum, matāʿal-ḥayātid-dunyā, thumma ilaynā marjiʿukum fanunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

But when He saves them, at once they commit injustice¹ upon the earth without right. O mankind, your injustice is only against yourselves, [being merely] the enjoyment of worldly life. Then to Us is your return, and We will inform you of what you used to do.

وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدۡعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡبَرِّ أَعۡرَضۡتُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا ٦٧

Wa idhā massakumuḍ-ḍurru fil-baḥri ḍalla man tadʿūna illā iyyāh, falammā najjākum ilal-barri aʿraḍtum, wa kānal-insānu kafūrā.

And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.

فَإِذَا رَكِبُواْ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ دَعَوُاْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡبَرِّ إِذَا هُمۡ يُشۡرِكُونَ ٦٥

Fa idhā rakibū fil-fulki daʿawullāha mukhliṣīna lahud-dīna falammā najjāhum ilal-barri idhā hum yushrikūn.

And when they board a ship, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith and hope]. But when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him

وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُم مَّوۡجٞ كَٱلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُاْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡبَرِّ فَمِنۡهُم مُّقۡتَصِدٞۚ وَمَا يَجۡحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٖ كَفُورٖ ٣٢

Wa idhā ghashiyahum mawjun kaẓ-ẓulali daʿawullāha mukhliṣīna lahud-dīna falammā najjāhum ilal-barri faminhum muqtaṣid, wa mā yajḥadu biʾāyātinā illā kullu khattārin kafūr.

And when waves come over them like canopies, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith]. But when He delivers them to the land, there are [some] of them who are moderate [in faith]. And none rejects Our signs except everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ كَسَرَابِۭ بِقِيعَةٖ يَحۡسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمۡـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمۡ يَجِدۡهُ شَيۡـٔٗا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٣٩

Wal-ladhīna kafarū aʿmāluhum kasarābim biqīʿatiy yaḥsabuhuẓ-ẓamʾānu māʾan ḥattā idhā jāʾahū lam yajidhu shayʾaw wa wajadallāha ʿindahū fawaffāhu ḥisābah, wallāhu sarīʿul-ḥisāb.

But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.

أَوۡ كَظُلُمَٰتٖ فِي بَحۡرٖ لُّجِّيّٖ يَغۡشَىٰهُ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ سَحَابٞۚ ظُلُمَٰتُۢ بَعۡضُهَا فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٍ إِذَآ أَخۡرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمۡ يَكَدۡ يَرَىٰهَاۗ وَمَن لَّمۡ يَجۡعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورٗا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ ٤٠

Aw kaẓulumātin fī baḥril lujjiyyiy yaghshāhu mawjum min fawqihī mawjum min fawqihī saḥāb, ẓulumātum baʿḍuhā fawqa baʿḍin idhā akhraja yadahū lam yakad yarāhā, wa mal lam yajʿalillāhu lahū nūran famā lahū min nūr.

Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allāh has not granted light - for him there is no light.

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ ٦

Wal-baḥril-masjūr.

And [by] the sea set on fire,¹

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

Wa idhal-biḥāru sujjirat.

And when the seas are filled with flame¹

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ ٣

Wa idhal-biḥāru fujjirat.

And when the seas are erupted