ভূমিকা

Verily in this are signs for every (steadfast) patient, grateful (one).” In previous verses, the sky, the sun and the moon were pointed out while in this verse the earth, the seas, and ships are referred to. It implies that the movement of a ship on the sea is the consequence of a collection of Allah’s bounties such as: the blow of the wind, specific gravity, and the rules of the pressure of water which causes things to float on it.

So the verse says: “Have you not seen that the ships ran on in the sea by Allah’s favour…” The aim of these affairs is that He wants to show you a part of His greatness. The verse continues saying: “…that He may show you of His signs?…” Yes, there are some signs in these things for those who are very patient and are grateful, too.

The verse says: “…Verily in this are signs for every (steadfast) patient, grateful (one).” No doubt the movement of the ships on the surface of oceans is the fruit of a series of laws of creation: the regular blow of the winds, from one side; the specific gravity of wood or other materials by which a ship is built, from the other side; the level of the density of water, from the third side; and the pressure emerged from the side of water to the body of the things which cause them to float on it, from the fourth side, are among them.

And if there appears any confusion in one of these things, either the ship sinks into the bottom of the sea, or it turns down, or it remains wandered in the midst of the sea. But the Lord Who has intended to set the expansion of the seas the best way for the men’s voyage, and carrying the useful goods often from one point to another point, has also provided these conditions, each of which is a bounty out of His bounties.