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Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 19

سورة الرحمن، الآية ١٩

55:19 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 532 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 55:19

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ۝١٩

Transliteration

maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyāni

Translation

He released the two seas,1596 meeting [one another];

Notes

[1596] Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.

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Verse 19 of Surah Ar-Rahman (55:19), a Medinan surah, is in juz 27, on page 532 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 19

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah mixed the two seas, the salty and the sweet, that converge as far as the eye can see.

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Other translations of verse 19

He merges the two seas meeting together5,

Notes

[5] Two bodies of water or two sea waters of fresh and salty water.

He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.

He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.

He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:

He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together:

He merged the two seas (that) meet together;

Verse 19 word by word

  1. مَرَجَ maraja He released م ر ج
  2. ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ l-baḥrayni the two seas ب ح ر
  3. يَلْتَقِيَانِ yaltaqiyāni meeting ل ق ي

Verses related to verse 19

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Furqan 25:53

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

    And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

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