وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ١٢
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَفَجَّرۡنَاAnd We caused to burstwafajjarnā
- ٱلۡأَرۡضَthe earthl-arḍa
- عُيُونٗا(with) springsʿuyūnan
- فَٱلۡتَقَىso metfal-taqā
- ٱلۡمَآءُthe water(s)l-māu
- عَلَىٰٓforʿalā
- أَمۡرٖa matteramrin
- قَدۡalreadyqad
- قُدِرَpredestinedqudira
Tafsir
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran