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Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 12

سورة القمر، الآية ١٢

54:12 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 529 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 54:12

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ۝١٢

Transliteration

wafajjarnā l-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqā l-māu ʿalā amrin qad qudira

Translation

And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

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Verse 12 of Surah Al-Qamar (54:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 529 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 12

Al-Mukhtasar

I burst open the ground and it became springs from which water gushed. The water coming down from the sky met with the water gushing from the ground for a matter that Allah had determined in eternity. Everyone was drowned besides those whom Allah saved.

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Other translations of verse 12

and We caused the earth to burst forth with springs, then the waters met for a preordained purpose.

And We caused springs to gush forth from the earth. So the waters (of the heaven and the earth) met for a matter predestined.

And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.

And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.

And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.

And We made the earth to erupt forth springs, so the waters met for a Command already estimated.

Verse 12 word by word

  1. وَفَجَّرْنَا wafajjarnā And We caused to burst ف ج ر
  2. ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa the earth أ ر ض
  3. عُيُونًا ʿuyūnan (with) springs ع ي ن
  4. فَٱلْتَقَى fal-taqā so met ل ق ي
  5. ٱلْمَآءُ l-māu the water(s) م و ه
  6. عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā for
  7. أَمْرٍ amrin a matter أ م ر
  8. قَدْ qad already
  9. قُدِرَ qudira predestined ق د ر

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