Surah Ar-Rahmaan · Ayah 19·Madanī

19

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Translation

Saheeh International

He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 3 words

Rarest here: م-ر-ج 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 4 points across 3 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 17 letters · āyah 19 of 78

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.

  • فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

    In both of them are two springs, spouting.

  • فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

    In both of them are two springs, flowing.

  • فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ

    We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

  • كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

    As if they were rubies and coral.

  • وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْبَحْرَانِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَآئِغٌ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَمِن كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    And not alike are the two bodies of water. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments…

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-Furqaan 25:532 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

    م-ر-جب-ح-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 55:19?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 55:19 include Quran 55:66 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 55:50 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), Quran 55:23 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), and Quran 55:31 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan). For example, 55:66 reads: “In both of them are two springs, spouting.” 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 55:19 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 55:19 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, The Beneficent) reads: “He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];”

Which surah is verse 55:19 in?

Quran 55:19 is āyah 19 of Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), chapter 55 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 55:19?

Tartīl presents Quran 55:19 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.