The Quran

سورة الرَّحمٰن

Surah Al-Rahmân 55:19

The Most Gracious · Verse 19 of 78

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

He has let the two bodies of water flow freely they will (one day) join together.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

He has set two seas in motion that flow side by side together,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

He has let flow forth the two large bodies of water, they meet together

Daryabadi

He hath let loose the two seas.

Faridul Haque

He has set flowing two seas that appear to meet.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He has made the two seas to flow freely -- they meet:

Maulvi Sher Ali

HE has made the two bodies of water flow. They will one day meet;

Muhammad Asad

He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:

Muhammad Musin Khan

He has let loosed the two seas (the salt water and the sweet) meeting together.

Muhammad Pickthall

He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.

Muhammad Sarwar

He has made the two oceans meet each other,

Muhammed ali Shakir

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

Rashad Khalifa

He separates the two seas where they meet.

Shabbir Ahmed

He has let free the two seas. They meet.

Commentary 55:19Al-Bahrainالْبَحْرَيْنِ – signifies the two bodies of water, which are specified in the following verses. These are apparently the Red Sea and the…

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ

55:19Al-Bahrainالْبَحْرَيْنِ – signifies the two bodies of water, which are specified in the following verses. These are apparently the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, because these are rich in corals and pearls, of which reference is made in the following verse 22. The verse embodies a great prophecy, which was fulfilled by the construction of the Suez and the Panama canals.