55. Ar-Rahman Verse 19 - Al-Quran: English Word by Word

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰنِۙ ( الرحمن: ١٩ )

maraja

مَرَجَ

He released

l-baḥrayni

ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ

the two seas

yaltaqiyāni

يَلْتَقِيَانِ

meeting

Marajal bahrayni yalta qiyaani (ar-Raḥmān 55:19)

Sahih International:

He released the two seas, meeting [one another]; (Ar-Rahman [55] : 19)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

He let forth the two seas to meet together,

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

He has Maraja the two seas,

or let them loose, according to Ibn Abbas.

Allah's statement,
يَلْتَقِيَانِ
(meeting together), Ibn Zayd said,

"He prevents them from meeting by the dividing barrier He placed between them to separate them."

The two seas are the fresh and salty waters, the former coming from running rivers. We discussed this topic in Surah Al-Furqan when explaining Allah's statement;

وَهُوَ الَّذِى مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخاً وَحِجْراً مَّحْجُوراً

And it is He Who has let free the two seas;one palatable and sweet, and the other salty and bitter; and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them. (25;53)

Allah said,

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لاَّ يَبْغِيَانِ

Ar-Rahman Verse 19