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Al-Furqan 53

Ayah 53 of 77 · Meccan

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

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. مَرَجَ(has) releasedmaraja
  4. ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِthe two seasl-baḥrayni
  5. هَٰذَا[this] (one)hādhā
  6. عَذۡبٞpalatableʿadhbun
  7. فُرَاتٞand sweetfurātun
  8. وَهَٰذَاand [this] (one)wahādhā
  9. مِلۡحٌsaltymil'ḥun
  10. أُجَاجٞ(and) bitterujājun
  11. وَجَعَلَand He has madewajaʿala
  12. بَيۡنَهُمَاbetween thembaynahumā
  13. بَرۡزَخٗاa barrierbarzakhan
  14. وَحِجۡرٗاand a partitionwaḥij'ran
  15. مَّحۡجُورٗاforbiddenmaḥjūran

Tafsir

It is Allah, may He be glorified, who merged the water of the two bodies of flowing water. He mixed the sweet and the salty, and put a barrier and dividing line between them that prevents them from intermingling.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran