and the two seas are not alike the one sweet that subdues thirst by its excessive sweetness pleasant to drink and the other salt that burns by its saltness yet from each of them you eat fresh flesh and bring forth ornaments which you wear and you see the ships cleave through it that you may seek of his bounty and that you may be grateful.
وما يستوي البحران هذا عذب فرات سائغ شرابه وهذا ملح أجاج ومن كل تأكلون لحما طريا وتستخرجون حلية تلبسونها وترى الفلك فيه مواخر لتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون