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The deep sea

البحر اللجي

Darkness upon darkness in a deep sea, covered by waves above which are waves above which are clouds; if the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would run out before His words did, though We brought its like again.

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Global / Diaspora

Water and animalsCosmology and creation

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 18:109· Qur'an 24:40· Qur'an 31:27· Qur'an 55:24

People and things also explored

Water and all life· Achabal garden, Kashmir· Bagh-i Vafa, Kabul· Chashma Shahi, Srinagar· Nishat Bagh, Srinagar· Ram Bagh (Aram Bagh), Agra· Sabil of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh, Masjid al-Haram· Sabil of Mina (1340 AH / 1921-22)

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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Water and all life

'We made from water every living thing'; from water God made man and every creature — what crawls on its belly, what walks on two legs and what walks on four — for God is the creator of all things.