Surah Al-Qamar: Verse 12 - وفجرنا الأرض عيونا فالتقى الماء... - English
Tafsir of Verse 12, Surah Al-Qamar
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ
English Translation
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.English Transliteration
Wafajjarna alarda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudiraTafsir of Verse 12
and made the earth to gush with fountains, and the waters met for a matter decreed.
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
فالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ (so the water [ of both kinds ] met together for a destined event....54:12). In other words, the rain water pouring down from the skies in torrents and also bubbling water gushing forth from under the ground, caused the Deluge [ a huge flood ] which engulfed the entire land, and thus the Divine decree was fulfilled, destroying the people of Nuh (علیہ السلام) to the last man, and even the peaks of the mountains could not give them any shelter.
