Surah Fatir, ayah 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
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.
Fatir · 35:12
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- يَسْتَوِىyastawīare alike
- ٱلْبَحْرَانِl-baḥrānithe two seas
- هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
- عَذْبٌۭʿadhbun(is) fresh
- فُرَاتٌۭfurātunsweet
- سَآئِغٌۭsāighunpleasant
- شَرَابُهُۥsharābuhuits drink
- وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
- مِلْحٌmil'ḥunsalty
- أُجَاجٌۭ ۖujājun(and) bitter
- وَمِنwaminAnd from
- كُلٍّۢkullineach
- تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou eat
- لَحْمًۭاlaḥmanmeat
- طَرِيًّۭاṭariyyanfresh
- وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَwatastakhrijūnaand you extract
- حِلْيَةًۭḥil'yatanornaments
- تَلْبَسُونَهَا ۖtalbasūnahāyou 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
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