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Al-Furqan (The Criterion)

Verse 53of 77

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌۭ فُرَاتٌۭ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌۭ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًۭا وَحِجْرًۭا مَّحْجُورًۭا﴿٥٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas, one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ 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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The universality of the Prophet's Message, how He was supported in His Mission and Allah's Blessings to MankindAllah says:وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيراً(And had We willed, We would have raised a warner in every town.) `Calling them to Allah, but We have singled you out, O Muhammad, to be sent to all the people of earth, and We have commanded you to convey the Qur'an,'لاٌّنذِرَكُمْ بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ(that I may therewith warn you and whomsoever it may reach) (6:19).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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