فَاطِر : ١٢

  • وَمَا And not
  • يَسۡتَوِي are alike
  • ٱلۡبَحۡرَانِ the two seas
  • هَٰذَا This
  • عَذۡبٞ (is) fresh
  • فُرَاتٞ sweet
  • سَآئِغٞ pleasant
  • شَرَابُهُۥ its drink
  • وَهَٰذَا and this
  • مِلۡحٌ salty
  • أُجَاجٞۖ (and) bitter
  • وَمِن And from
  • كُلّٖ each
  • تَأۡكُلُونَ you eat
  • لَحۡمٗا meat
  • طَرِيّٗا fresh
  • وَتَسۡتَخۡرِجُونَ and you extract
  • حِلۡيَةٗ ornaments
  • تَلۡبَسُونَهَاۖ you wear them
  • وَتَرَى and you see
  • ٱلۡفُلۡكَ the ships
  • فِيهِ in it
  • مَوَاخِرَ cleaving
  • لِتَبۡتَغُواْ so that you may seek
  • مِن of
  • فَضۡلِهِۦ His Bounty
  • وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ and that you may
  • تَشۡكُرُونَ be grateful
And not alike are the two seas [i.e., bodies of water]. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through [them] that you might seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
Nor are the two [kinds of] seas alike: this one is extremely sweet, pleasant to drink and that one is salty, extremely bitter. Yet from each, of the two, you eat fresh meat, namely, fish, and obtain, from the salt - and it is also said, from both of them - ornaments which you wear, namely, pearls and coral. And you see, you sight, the ships therein, in each of the two [seas], ploughing through (mawaakhira, in other words, tamkhuru'l-maa'a, meaning, 'it cleaves it as it makes its way through it, coming and going by the same wind) that you may seek of His bounty, exalted be He, through commerce, and that perhaps you may give thanks, to God for this [bounty].