COMMENTARY on 17:66
A. Yusuf Ali:

Translation:
Your Lord is He That maketh the Ship go smoothly for you through the sea, in order that you may seek of His Bounty. 2261 For he is unto you most Merciful.
Commentary:

2261  This illustration of the sea, and the skill with which, by Allah's grace, men pass through it with ease in order to earn material gains by commerce, social gains by human intercourse, and spiritual gains by knowledge, is frequently used to enforce Allah's goodness to man. Cf. 2:164.