The Criterion
25. Al-Furqān
الفرقان
al-Furqān (The Criterion)
ٱلْفُرْقَان
25:53
وَهُوَ
الَّذِي
مَرَجَ
الْبَحْرَيْنِ
هَذَا
عَذْبٌ
فُرَاتٌ
وَهَذَا
مِلْحٌ
أُجَاجٌ
وَجَعَلَ
بَيْنَهُمَا
بَرْزَخًا
وَحِجْرًا
مَّحْجُورًا
wa-huwa lladhī maraja l-baḥrayni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun wa-hādhā milḥun ʾujājun wa-jaʿala baynahumā barzakhan wa-ḥijran maḥjūran
It is He who has joined the two seas; one palatable and sweet, the other bitterly salty and has established a barrier between them as a partition.