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Quran 25:53

25:53

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

wahuwa alladhī maraja l-baḥrayni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun wahādhā mil'ḥun ujājun wajaʿala baynahumā barzakhan waḥij'ran maḥjūran

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And it is He Who has let free the two seas (kinds of water): this is palatable and sweet, and that is salt and bitter; and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

۞ وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
مَرَجَmaraja(has) released
ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥraynithe two seas
هَـٰذَاhādhā[this] (one)
عَذْبٌۭʿadhbunpalatable
فُرَاتٌۭfurātunand sweet
وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand [this] (one)
مِلْحٌmil'ḥunsalty
أُجَاجٌۭujājun(and) bitter
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He has made
بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween them
بَرْزَخًۭاbarzakhana barrier
وَحِجْرًۭاwaḥij'ranand a partition
مَّحْجُورًۭاmaḥjūranforbidden