Surah 35. Fatir, Ayah 12
| وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْبَحْرَانِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَائِغٌ شَرَابُهُ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ ۖ وَمِنْ كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا ۖ وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ |
| Asad | : | [Easy is it for Him to create likeness and variety:"10] thus, the two great bodies of water [on earth]11 are not alike-the one sweet, thirst-allaying, pleasant to drink, and the other salty and bitter: and yet, from either of them do you eat fresh meat, and [from either] you take gems which you may wear; and on either thou canst see ships ploughing through the waves, so that you might [be able to] go forth in quest of some of His bounty, and thus have cause to be grateful. |
| Malik | : | The two bodies of water, of which one is sweet and pleasant to drink and the other is salty and bitter, are not alike. Yet from each kind of water you eat fresh meat and extract ornaments which you wear; and you see the ships plough their course through them to seek the bounty of Allah, that you may be grateful. |
| Pickthall | : | And two seas are not alike: this, fresh, sweet, food to drink, this (other) bitter, salt. And from them both ye eat fresh meat and derive the ornament that ye wear. And thou seest the ship cleaving them with its prow that ye may seek of His bounty, and that haply ye may give thanks. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Nor are the two bodies of flowing water alike the one palatable sweet and pleasant to drink and the other salty and bitter. Yet from each (kind of water) do ye eat flesh fresh and tender and ye extract ornaments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the waves that ye may seek (thus) of the Bounty of Allah that ye may be grateful. 3888 3889 3890 |
| Transliteration | : | Wama yastawee albahrani hatha AAathbun furatun saighun sharabuhu wahatha milhun ojajun wamin kullin takuloona lahman tariyyan watastakhrijoona hilyatan talbasoonaha watara alfulka feehi mawakhira litabtaghoo min fadlihi walaAAallakum tashkuroona |
Note - 10This interpolated sentence reflects Razi's convincing
explanation of the passage that follows here, and its
connection with the preceding one.
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Note - 11For this rendering of al-bahran, see note [41] on
25:53.
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Note - 3888See xxv. 53 and notes 3111 and 3112. The great salt Ocean
with its seas and gulfs is all one: and the great masses
of sweet water in rivers, lakes, ponds, and underground
springs are also one: and each is connected with the
other by the constant circulation going on, which sucks
up vapours, carries them about in clouds or atmospheric
moisture, and again brings them condensed into water or
snow or hail to mingle with rivers and streams and get
back into the Ocean.
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Note - 3889For this whole passage see xvi. 14 and notes 2034 and
2035. Both from the sea and from rivers and lakes we get
fish, of which some kinds have a flesh particularly fresh
and tender, and of a most delicate flavour.
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Note - 3890Such as pearls and coral from the sea, and such
delicately tinted stones as the Aqiq (carnelian), the
agate, the goldstone, or other varieties of quartz
pebbles found in river-beds, and considered as gems. Many
such are found in the Ken river in Banda District (in
India). Some river sands also yield minute quantities of
gold. In large navigable rivers and big Lakes like those
of North America, as well as in the sea, there are
highways for shipping and commerce.
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This interpolated sentence reflects Razi's convincing explanation of the passage that follows here, and its connection with the preceding one. |
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See xxv. 53 and notes 3111 and 3112. The great salt Ocean with its seas and gulfs is all one: and the great masses of sweet water in rivers, lakes, ponds, and underground springs are also one: and each is connected with the other by the constant circulation going on, which sucks up vapours, carries them about in clouds or atmospheric moisture, and again brings them condensed into water or snow or hail to mingle with rivers and streams and get back into the Ocean. |
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For this whole passage see xvi. 14 and notes 2034 and 2035. Both from the sea and from rivers and lakes we get fish, of which some kinds have a flesh particularly fresh and tender, and of a most delicate flavour. |
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Such as pearls and coral from the sea, and such delicately tinted stones as the Aqiq (carnelian), the agate, the goldstone, or other varieties of quartz pebbles found in river-beds, and considered as gems. Many such are found in the Ken river in Banda District (in India). Some river sands also yield minute quantities of gold. In large navigable rivers and big Lakes like those of North America, as well as in the sea, there are highways for shipping and commerce. |
