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tag name Two seas type: Metaphors and allegories; Religions, Middle Eastern

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related tags – Qur'án; Barriers; Barzakh; Oceans and seas
notes "And He it is who has given freedom of movement to the two great bodies of water – the one sweet and thirst-allaying, and the other salty and bitter - and yet has wrought between them a barrier and a forbidding ban. – Quran 25:53 (translation Muhammad Asad)
He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet. [yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress. Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow. – Quran 55:19-22 (translation Muhammad Asad)
"... For the inner reality of man is a demarcation line between the shadow and the light, a place where the two seas meet; it is the lowest point on the arc of descent, and therefore is it capable of gaining all the grades above. With education it can achieve all excellence; devoid of education it will stay on, at the lowest point of imperfection..." – Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, #103
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2022. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim). David Russell Garcia, Kees Poolman, trans. . — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc... Books.
2012. Grammar of the Divine, A: Translation, Notes, and Semi-Critical Edition of the Báb's Risāla fī al-naḥw wa al-ṣarf. William F. McCants. — A critical edition of the Bāb’s "Treatise on Grammar" including the Arabic original, English tran... Articles.
2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum... Bibliographies.
2003-10. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim). David Russell Garcia. — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason... Books.
2001. Qur'ánic references in the Bahá'í Writings. A. Bolhuis, comp. — Cross-reference list (incomplete). Compilations-personal.
1997-08-06. Bahá'í Teachings, Aspects of. Universal House of Justice. — Authenticity of Statements; Mathnavi; Quranic quotations; Marriage Prayer; 'Sun' and 'Moon'; Hands o... UHJ-letters.
1992. Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms. Universal House of Justice, Research Department. — Two questions: (1) what is the function of the Research Department, and (2) etymologies of the three... UHJ-letters.

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tag name	Two seas	type:	Metaphors and allegories; Religions, Middle Eastern
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Two_seas
related tags	– Qur'án; Barriers; Barzakh; Oceans and seas
notes	"And He it is who has given freedom of movement to the two great bodies of water – the one sweet and thirst-allaying, and the other salty and bitter - and yet has wrought between them a barrier and a forbidding ban. – Quran 25:53 (translation Muhammad Asad) He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet. [yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress. Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow. – Quran 55:19-22 (translation Muhammad Asad) "... For the inner reality of man is a demarcation line between the shadow and the light, a place where the two seas meet; it is the lowest point on the arc of descent, and therefore is it capable of gaining all the grades above. With education it can achieve all excellence; devoid of education it will stay on, at the lowest point of imperfection..." – Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, #103
references	www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="two seas"