What does Quran 55:19 mean?

Quran 55:19 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, Ayah 19) translates to: "He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 55:19 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), the 55th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 27.

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih al-Bukhari.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Natural Phenomena, Divine Signs, Tawhid, Spiritual Reflection.

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

Marajal bahrayni yalta qiyaani

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

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

3 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

55:19Ayah 178

17 ayahs in Ar-Rahmaan are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

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He has loosed the two waters the sweet and the salty; and so they meet in the perception of the eye.

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