He has set two seas in motion that flow side by side together,
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : he hath loosed the two seas) the sweet and the salty. (they meet) without mixing.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : he has loosed the two waters, the sweet and the salty; [and so] they meet, in the perception of the eye.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : he has loosed the two seas, and they meet. he said:one of these seas is the heart, which contains a variety of gems: the gem of faith, the gem of gnosis (maʿrifa), the gem of realising god’s oneness, the gem of contentment (riḍā), the gem of love (maḥabba), the gem of longing (shawq), the gem of sorrow (ḥuzn), the gem of neediness [for god] (faqr), and other [gems]. the other sea is the self (nafs).his words, exalted is he:
