Surah Al-Qamar (القمر) • The Moon

Quran 54:12

54:12

وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

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

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

— Saheeh International

burst the earth with gushing springs: the waters met for a preordained purpose.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 27Page 529meccan

Word by Word

وَفَجَّرْنَاwafajjarnāAnd We caused to burst
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
عُيُونًۭاʿuyūnan(with) springs
فَٱلْتَقَىfal-taqāso met
ٱلْمَآءُl-māuthe water(s)
عَلَىٰٓʿalāfor
أَمْرٍۢamrina matter
قَدْqadalready
قُدِرَqudirapredestined