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Muhammad Asad Buy
He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet
Arthur John Arberry Buy
He let forth the two seas that meet together
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy
He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together
Source Arabic and Literal tools
Transliteration Buy
maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān
Word by Word (2021)
He released the two seas, meeting.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Buy
He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet
Marmaduke Pickthall Buy
He hath loosed the two seas. They meet
Yusuf Ali Buy
He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy
He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together
Wahiduddin Khan Buy
He has set the two oceans in motion, converging together
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Buy
He let forth the two seas to meet one another.
T.B.Irving Buy
He has loosed both seas which still come together;
Mustafa Khattab 2018 Buy
He merges the two bodies of ˹fresh and salt˺ water,
Shakir Buy
He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together
Safi Kaskas 2025 Buy
He merged the two seas, converging together,
Saeed Malik Buy
HE mixed the two seas together.
Abdul Hye Buy
He has let loose the 2 seas (salt water and sweet water) meeting together,
The Study Quran Buy
He mixed the two seas, such that they meet one another
Talal Itani (2012) Buy
He merged the two seas, converging together
Talal Itani & AI (2025) Buy
He released the two seas, meeting together.
The Monotheist Group (2017) Buy
He merges the two seas where they meet.
Dr. Kamal Omar
He has made to flow two seas — they meet each other
Dr. Munir Munshey
He brought the two seas (of sweet and salt water) closer _ close enough to mingle
Syed Vickar Ahamed Buy
(He has created) the two free streams of flowing (salt and sweet) water, meeting together
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Buy
He released the two seas, meeting [side by side]
M. Farook Malik Buy
He has made the two oceans apparently meeting together
Muhammad Sarwar Buy
He has made the two oceans meet each other
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Buy
He let forth the two seas to meet together
Shabbir Ahmed Buy
He has let free the two seas. They meet. (25:53)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Buy
He merged the two seas (that) meet together
Hamid S. Aziz Buy
He has made the two seas (streams or bodies of water, salt and sweet) to flow freely so that they meet together
Abdel Haleem Buy
He released the two bodies of [fresh and salt] water. They meet
Abdul Majid Daryabadi Buy
He hath let loose the two seas
Ahmed Ali Buy
He has set two seas in motion that flow side by side together
Aisha Bewley Buy
He has let loose the two seas, converging together,
Ali Unal Buy
He has let flow forth the two large bodies of water, they meet togethe
Ali Quli Qara'i Buy
He merged the two seas, meeting each other
Bilal Muhammad 2018 Buy
He has let free the two bodies of flowing water meeting together
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He made the two seas flow freely to meet,
Musharraf Hussain Buy
He combined the seawater and the freshwater,
Maududi Buy
He unleashed the two seas so that they merge together
Mohammad Shafi Buy
He has made the two streams of water flow side by sid
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Buy
He made flow two seas that look to be joined.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He has let forth the two seas, they meet together
Faridul Haque Buy
He has set flowing two seas that appear to meet
Bijan Moeinian Buy
He is the One who merges two seas together, leaving a barrier between them,…
Maulana Muhammad Ali Buy
He has made the two seas to flow freely -- they meet
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
The two large bodies of water usually salty mixed/set loose, they (B) meet
Rashad Khalifa Buy
He separates the two seas where they meet.
Sher Ali Buy
HE has made the two bodies of water flow. They will one day meet
Edip Yüksel Buy
He merges the two seas where they meet.
Amatul Rahman Omar Buy
He has let the two bodies of water flow freely they will (one day) join together
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Buy
He is the One Who has made the two seas flow that join each other
Hilali – Khan Buy
He has let loosed the two seas (the salt water and the sweet) meeting together
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood 2014 Buy
He has let loose the two seas:⁴ they meet one another
Arthur John Arberry Buy
He let forth the two seas that meet together
Edward Henry Palmer Buy
He has let loose the two seas that meet together
George Sale Buy
He hath let loose the two seas, that they meet each another
John Medows Rodwell Buy
He hath let loose the two seas which meet each other
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi Buy
HE cluttered up (Maraja) the two seas (El'Bah'rai'ni), both meeting (Yal'taqiyaani)
Fode Drame Buy
He sent forth the two oceans that meet together.
Munir Mezyed (2023) Buy
He released the two seas, meeting (side by side).
Mustaqim
He allowed the two seas to flow and meet.
Linda "iLham" Barto Buy
He has given freedom to the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation Buy
He merged the two waters, converging together;
Irving/Hegab Buy
He has loosed both seas (fresh and salt water) which still come together;
Samy Mahdy Buy
He merged the two seas, to meet.
Qarai Buy
He merged the two seas, meeting each other.
Ahmed Hulusi Buy
He let loose the two seas (angelic and animalistic tendencies; the universal consciousness and the individual consciousness); they meet together.
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri Buy
He has Maraja the two seas meeting together.
A. S. Mohamed Buy
He merged the two seas, and they converge together,
Mir Aneesuddin
He let free the two seas (which) meet
[Al-Muntakhab]
He sent the fresh water and the sea water and made them come into contact with each other.
The Wise Quran Project
He has loosed the two seas. They meet.
Newest Translations 2026
Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto
He merged the two seas, meeting;
Verbatim Quran - Mahmoud K
He merged the two seas, encountering.
Obsolete and/or older editions
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) Buy
He merges the two seas where they meet.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) Buy
He merges the two seas where they meet
OLD Word by Word
He released the two seas, meeting
Old Transliteration Buy
Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyani