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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Holy Quran Text. Translation & Commentary(the Example Commentary in Brief)(volume Four) Two Simultaneous Seas, a Salty and a Sweet VERSE NO.51ِ55 ``Had We willed we could have raised up a warner apostle in every town, as some of the Arabs ask for it.'' The whole load of conveyance of God's Message to all mankind, has been put upon the shoulders of our prophet (SA) alone, and as far as it is the decision of God, it is quite reasonable and prudent.

In this manner of sending Message and Messenger, due to the oneness of leadership, the variances shall be reduced to a minimum. It also proves the grandeur of the Messenger of God, and the greatness of his prophetic mission. In the next verse (NO.52), two instructions are given to the Messenger of God, namely:- 1ِDo not put up with non-believers, and follow them not. 2ِFight and strive against them with the weapon of God's revelation. (QURA"N)....

a strife so great that may suit your great prophetic mission. The mental, educational, and cultural strife (JIHAD) is far more important, and greater in value, than that in the battle field, for the cause. In the next verse, (NO.53) once again the attentions are attracted towards the infinite power and knowledge of God, by painting to a natural phenomenon which consists of two simultaneous seas, one salty and the other sweet, flowing along without mutual effect and mixing!

An invisible barrier keeps them separate of one another, and prevents them to mix or mingle. Some investigators have searched all over the world to find where the two sweet and salty companions live together, but we think it otherwise:ِ The great rivers of sweet water eventually shall enter a sea, which is usually salty bitter. In the point of contact and encounter, which is called the mouth of the sea, both of them remain separate of one another.

[ 414 ] In the sight of a physic scholar, this phenomenon is not very strange, but a thoughtful believer has a different view. Due to a physical quality of water which is called the ``DENSITY'', that is the ratio of mass to volume, the two will not mix. The sweet water remains thus in the mouth of the sea, and the low-tide and high-tide subject millions of trees and an immense part of the land, to irrigation. This is the case now in South Iran, our country.