Surah Fatir (فاطر) • Originator

Quran 35:12

35:12

وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْبَحْرَانِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَآئِغٌ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ ۖ وَمِن كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا ۖ وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ 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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the two seas (kinds of water) are not alike: this is palatable, sweet and pleasant to drink, and that is salt and bitter. And from them both you eat fresh tender meat (fish), and derive the ornaments that you wear. And you see the ships cleaving (the sea-water as they sail through it), that you may seek of His Bounty, and that you may give thanks.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
يَسْتَوِىyastawīare alike
ٱلْبَحْرَانِl-baḥrānithe two seas
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
عَذْبٌۭʿadhbun(is) fresh
فُرَاتٌۭfurātunsweet
سَآئِغٌۭsāighunpleasant
شَرَابُهُۥsharābuhuits drink
وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
مِلْحٌmil'ḥunsalty
أُجَاجٌۭۖujājun(and) bitter
وَمِنwaminAnd from
كُلٍّۢkullineach
تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou eat
لَحْمًۭاlaḥmanmeat
طَرِيًّۭاṭariyyanfresh
وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَwatastakhrijūnaand you extract
حِلْيَةًۭḥil'yatanornaments
تَلْبَسُونَهَاۖtalbasūnahāyou wear them
وَتَرَىwatarāand you see
ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ships
فِيهِfīhiin it
مَوَاخِرَmawākhiracleaving
لِتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūso that you may seek
مِنminof
فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis Bounty
وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand that you may
تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnabe grateful