 thus the two great bodies of water are not alike the one sweet thirstallaying pleasant to drink and the other salty and bitter and yet from either of them do you eat fresh meat and you take gems which you may wear and on either thou canst see ships ploughing through the waves so that you might go forth in quest of some of his bounty and thus have cause to 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