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Quran 25:53

Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion), verse 53 of 77 · Juz 19

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

Translations of Quran 25:53
EnglishTalal Itani

And it is He who merged the two seas; this one fresh and sweet, and that one salty and bitter; and He placed between them a barrier, and an impassable boundary.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And He it is Who hath given independence to the two seas (though they meet); one palatable, sweet, and the other saltish, bitter; and hath set a bar and a forbidding ban between them.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

O odur ki iki deryayı birbirine salmış: şu tatlı, yürek tazeler, şu tuzlu çorak, aralarına da bir berzah ve bir «hıcri mahcûr» koymuştur

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

C’est Dieu qui a rapproché les deux mers, l’une d’eau douce et rafraîchissante, l’autre salée et amère, et il a placé entre, elles un intervalle et une barrière insurmontables.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Hij is het die de twee zeeën heeft vereenigd: deze zoet en verfrisschend, gene, zout en bitter, en hij heeft eene afscheiding tusschen haar geplaatst, en eene grens die niet overschreden kan worden.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

È Dio che ha avvicinato i due mari, l’uno d’acqua dolce, e rinfrescante, l’altro d’acqua salsa, ed amara, ed ha collocato fra essi uno spazio, e barriere insormontabili.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.