Quran 35:12 — Faatir, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The two bodies of water are not alike- one is palatable, sweet, and pleasant to drink, the other salty and bitter- yet from each you eat fresh fish and extract ornaments to wear, and in each you see the ships ploughing their course so that you may seek God’s bounty and be grateful.
وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْبَحْرَانِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَائِغٌ شَرَابُهُ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ ۖ وَمِنْ كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا ۖ وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
wamā yastawī l-baḥrāni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun sāighun sharābuhu wahādhā mil'ḥun ujājun wamin kullin takulūna laḥman ṭariyyan watastakhrijūna ḥil'yatan talbasūnahā watarā l-ful'ka fīhi mawākhira litabtaghū min faḍlihi walaʿallakum tashkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Not equal are the two seas; this is sweet, grateful to taste, delicious to drink, and that is salt, bitter to the tongue. Yet of both you eat fresh flesh, and bring forth out of it ornaments for you to wear; and thou mayest see the ships cleaving through it, that you may seek of His bounty, and so haply you will be thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- [Easy is it for Him to create likeness and variety:] thus, the two great bodies of water [on earth] are not alike the one sweet, thirst-allaying, pleasant to drink, and the other salty and bitter: and yet, from either of them do you eat fresh meat, and [from either] you take gems which you may wear; and on either thou canst see ships ploughing through the waves, so that you might [be able to] go forth in quest of some of His bounty, and thus have cause to be grateful.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | يَسْتَوِىyastawī | are alike | سوي |
| 3 | ٱلْبَحْرَانِl-baḥrāni | the two seas | بحر |
| 4 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 5 | عَذْبٌۭʿadhbun | (is) fresh | عذب |
| 6 | فُرَاتٌۭfurātun | sweet | فرت |
| 7 | سَآئِغٌۭsāighun | pleasant | سوغ |
| 8 | شَرَابُهُۥsharābuhu | its drink | شرب |
| 9 | وَهَـٰذَاwahādhā | and this | — |
| 10 | مِلْحٌmil'ḥun | salty | ملح |
| 11 | أُجَاجٌۭ ۖujājun | (and) bitter | أجج |
| 12 | وَمِنwamin | And from | — |
| 13 | كُلٍّۢkullin | each | كلل |
| 14 | تَأْكُلُونَtakulūna | you eat | أكل |
| 15 | لَحْمًۭاlaḥman | meat | لحم |
| 16 | طَرِيًّۭاṭariyyan | fresh | طرو |
| 17 | وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَwatastakhrijūna | and you extract | خرج |
| 18 | حِلْيَةًۭḥil'yatan | ornaments | حلي |
| 19 | تَلْبَسُونَهَا ۖtalbasūnahā | you wear them | لبس |
| 20 | وَتَرَىwatarā | and you see | رأي |
| 21 | ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'ka | the ships | فلك |
| 22 | فِيهِfīhi | in it | — |
| 23 | مَوَاخِرَmawākhira | cleaving | مخر |
| 24 | لِتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghū | so that you may seek | بغي |
| 25 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 26 | فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihi | His Bounty | فضل |
| 27 | وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum | and that you may | — |
| 28 | تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna | be grateful | شكر |