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[Machine] Indeed, there is a king entrusted with the dictionary of the sea. When he puts his foot down, it floods, and when he lifts it up, it dries up.  

أحمد:٢٣٢٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ عَنْ أَشْرَسَ قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الْمَدِّ وَالْجَزْرِ فَقَالَ

إِنَّ مَلَكًا مُوَكَّلٌ بِقَامُوسِ الْبَحْرِ فَإِذَا وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فَاضَتْ وَإِذَا رَفَعَهَا غَاضَتْ