Surah Al-Qamar · Ayah 12·Makkī

12

عَلَىٰٓ قَدْ ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

Compare all 34 translations →

Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 7 roots in 7 of 9 words

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

9 words · 38 letters · āyah 12 of 55

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 80:26 · Abasaclose

    ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

    Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

  • Quran 36:34 · Yaseenrelated

    وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَٰبٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِ

    And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -

  • Quran 79:31 · An-Naazi'aatrelated

    أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا

    He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

  • Quran 77:26 · Al-Mursalaatrelated

    أَحْيَآءً وَأَمْوَٰتًا

    Of the living and the dead?

  • Quran 23:18 · Al-Muminoonrelated

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَسْكَنَّٰهُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابٍۭ بِهِۦ لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

  • Quran 67:30 · Al-Mulkrelated

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍ مَّعِينٍۭ

    Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Insaan 76:62 shared roots

    عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ ٱللَّهِ يُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفْجِيرًا

    ف-ج-رع-ي-ن

  • Yaseen 36:342 shared roots

    وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَٰبٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِ

    ف-ج-رع-ي-ن

  • Al-Muminoon 23:183 shared roots

    وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَسْكَنَّٰهُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابٍۭ بِهِۦ لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    م-و-هق-د-رأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Anfaal 8:443 shared roots

    وَإِذْ يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ إِذِ ٱلْتَقَيْتُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَلِيلًا وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ لِيَقْضِىَ ٱللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    ع-ي-نل-ق-يأ-م-ر

  • Saad 38:282 shared roots

    أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ

    ف-ج-رأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Israa 17:902 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا

    ف-ج-رأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 54:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 54:12 include Quran 80:26 (Surah Abasa), Quran 36:34 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 79:31 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), and Quran 77:26 (Surah Al-Mursalaat). For example, 80:26 reads: “Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 54:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 54:12 (Surah Al-Qamar, The Moon) reads: “And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.”

Which surah is verse 54:12 in?

Quran 54:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), chapter 54 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 55 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 54:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 54:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.