Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Two Seas
(He has let free (Maraja) the two seas meeting together)
means that the two seas are mixed; they are in the state
of backward and forward movements, of mixing and
turbulence at the site of the meeting, as is understood
from the literal meaning of “Maraja”. This is the fact that
science has discovered, that is to say, the barrier is
described as being zigzag or wavy and shifting in position
during the various seasons because of the tide and
winds.
This Verse by itself implies the presence of so much
mixing and merging between these seas as would deprive
them of their distinctive properties. But Allah (SWT), the
All-Knower, shows in the following Verse that “between
them is a barrier which they do not transgress”, i.e. In
spite of this state of merging and turbulence that
characterizes the seas there is a barrier between them
preventing them from transgressing or exceeding their
limits.
This is what man has discovered as a result of the
advances achieved in his sciences and instruments. It
has been found that a third water mass separates the two
seas and it has such properties as are different from
those of each of the two seas separated by it.
Yet, in spite of the presence of the barrier, the waters of
the two adjacent seas mix very slowly without one sea
encroaching upon the other through carrying over its own
properties to it, for the barrier zone is a region for
changing the water crossing from one sea to the other so
that it gradually acquires the properties of the sea that is
going to enter and loses the properties of the sea it has
come form. Thus neither of the two seas transgresses by
carrying its own properties to the other, although they mix
during the process of meeting. How truthful is Allah’s
Saying: (He has let free (maraja) the two seas meeting
together. Between them is a barrier which they do not
transgress.)
Most commentators suggest that the barrier that
separates the two seas referred to here is an invisible
barrier created by Allah. Some commentators find it
difficult to reconcile the idea of the seas being merging
and the presence of a barrier at the same time, for the
presence of a barrier entails the prevention of merging.
So the mention of merging (maraja) entails the absence
of a barrier. This apparent contradiction has been
resolved by discovering the secrets of the seas.
The Miraculous Aspects of the Previous Verses:
We can conclude the following from the discussion above: