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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Furqan, verse 53

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وهو الذي مرج البحرين هذا عذب فرات وهذا ملح اجاج وجعل بينهما برزخا وحجرا محجورا

It is He Who has Let free the two bodies Of flowing water: One palatable and sweet, And the other salt And bitter; yet has He Made a barrier between them, A partition that is forbidden To be passed.

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  • Verse 53 of 77
  • Juz 19
  • Page 364

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِى(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. مَرَجَ(has) releasedmaraja
  4. ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِthe two seasl-baḥrayni
  5. هَـٰذَا[this] (one)hādhā
  6. عَذْبٌۭpalatableʿadhbun
  7. فُرَاتٌۭand sweetfurātun
  8. وَهَـٰذَاand [this] (one)wahādhā
  9. مِلْحٌsaltymil'ḥun
  10. أُجَاجٌۭ(and) bitterujājun
  11. وَجَعَلَand He has madewajaʿala
  12. بَيْنَهُمَاbetween thembaynahumā
  13. بَرْزَخًۭاa barrierbarzakhan
  14. وَحِجْرًۭاand a partitionwaḥij'ran
  15. مَّحْجُورًۭاforbiddenmaḥjūran

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