Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Qamar, Ayah 12
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًۭا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍۢ قَدْ قُدِرَ
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
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(And caused the earth to gush forth springs) for 40 days, (so that the waters) of the heaven and the earth (met for a predestined purpose) met for a measure that We have appointed: the rain of heaven and the water of springs; it is also said that this means: the waters met for a decreed purpose to destroy the folk of Noah.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
and We made the earth burst forth with springs that flowed forth and the waters the waters of the heaven and the earth met for a purpose a circumstance that was preordained a matter which had been decreed since pre-eternity namely their destruction by drowning.