Quran 25:53 — Al-Furqaan, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who released the two bodies of flowing water, one sweet and fresh and the other salty and bitter, and put an insurmountable barrier between them.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَحْجُورًا
wahuwa alladhī maraja l-baḥrayni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun wahādhā mil'ḥun ujājun wajaʿala baynahumā barzakhan waḥij'ran maḥjūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And it is He who let forth the two seas, this one Sweet, grateful to taste, and this salt, bitter to the tongue, and He set between them a barrier, and a ban forbidden.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND HE it is who has given freedom of movement to the two great bodies of water – the one sweet and thirst-allaying, and the other salty and bitter - and yet has wrought between them a barrier and a forbidding ban.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | مَرَجَmaraja | (has) released | مرج |
| 4 | ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥrayni | the two seas | بحر |
| 5 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | [this] (one) | — |
| 6 | عَذْبٌۭʿadhbun | palatable | عذب |
| 7 | فُرَاتٌۭfurātun | and sweet | فرت |
| 8 | وَهَـٰذَاwahādhā | and [this] (one) | — |
| 9 | مِلْحٌmil'ḥun | salty | ملح |
| 10 | أُجَاجٌۭujājun | (and) bitter | أجج |
| 11 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and He has made | جعل |
| 12 | بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā | between them | بين |
| 13 | بَرْزَخًۭاbarzakhan | a barrier | — |
| 14 | وَحِجْرًۭاwaḥij'ran | and a partition | حجر |
| 15 | مَّحْجُورًۭاmaḥjūran | forbidden | حجر |