Science in the Glorious Quran: The Barrier Between The Seas

.”مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ. بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ” (الرحمن:19-20)

“He released the two seas, meeting together [side by side]. Between them is a barrier, which they do not overrun.” (Qur’an, 55:19-20)

Modern science has discovered that at the location where two different seas meet, there is a barrier between them. This barrier divides the two seas so that each sea has its own temperature, salinity, and density. This phenomenon occurs in several places, e.g., the barrier between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean at Gibraltar.

The barrier between the water of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The former is warmer, denser and has a higher salinity

A satellite photo showing the barrier between the surface water of the Atlantic Ocean as it enters the Mediterranean sea, as illustrated in the above diagram