25:53 and 55:19,20

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25:53 and 55:19,20

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Assalamu Alaikum,

I was wondering if Muslims could explain what these 2 verses from the Quran are referring to.

25:53

And it is He Who has let free the two seas (kinds of water)*, one palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter, and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.



55:19,20

He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];

Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.



*The words in brackets are not in the Quran but is the translator’s insertion, as can be seen from http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp? ... 5&verse=53


Where in the world are there two bodies of water that meet, one being salty and one being sweet, but between which is a barrier that is “forbidden� (according to CorpusQuran, that is the word, not “complete�) to be passed? This does not happen anywhere in the world.


Shukran wa Allahma3k.


Just in case people are wondering, I posted the same thread on other religious forums on the internet.

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All the translations of the Quran are not the Quran . they are good efforts by good men . they want to serve the book of Allah .
For example : chapter 2 verse 4 :
The Quran says : وَالَّذ�ينَ ي�ؤْم�ن�ونَ ب�مَا أ�نْز�لَ إ�لَيْكَ وَمَا أ�نْز�لَ م�نْ قَبْل�كَ وَب�الْآخ�رَة� ه�مْ ي�وق�ن�ونَ (4)

The translation : And who believe in (the Qur'an and the Sunnah) which has been sent down (revealed) to you (Muhammad Peace be upon him ) and in [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.] which were sent down before you and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter. (Resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and Hell, etc.).

even if the translation reached the level of perfect . still not the Quran . Allah says about Quran :

Surah 43 : [3. We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand (and learn wisdom). ]
Surah 42 : [7. Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Qur'an: that thou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her,- and warn (them) of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt: (when) some will be in the Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire.]
Surah 41 : [3. A Book, whereof the verses are explained in detail;- a Qur'an in Arabic, for people who understand;-]



It is forbidding to translate the Quran literally .

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steps wrote: All the translations of the Quran are not the Quran . they are good efforts by good men . they want to serve the book of Allah .
For example : chapter 2 verse 4 :
The Quran says : وَالَّذ�ينَ ي�ؤْم�ن�ونَ ب�مَا أ�نْز�لَ إ�لَيْكَ وَمَا أ�نْز�لَ م�نْ قَبْل�كَ وَب�الْآخ�رَة� ه�مْ ي�وق�ن�ونَ (4)

The translation : And who believe in (the Qur'an and the Sunnah) which has been sent down (revealed) to you (Muhammad Peace be upon him ) and in [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.] which were sent down before you and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter. (Resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and Hell, etc.).

even if the translation reached the level of perfect . still not the Quran . Allah says about Quran :

Surah 43 : [3. We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand (and learn wisdom). ]
Surah 42 : [7. Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Qur'an: that thou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her,- and warn (them) of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt: (when) some will be in the Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire.]
Surah 41 : [3. A Book, whereof the verses are explained in detail;- a Qur'an in Arabic, for people who understand;-]



It is forbidding to translate the Quran literally .
Please post me a translation of 25:53 and 55:19,20, if the one I have posted is wrong.

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