Tafsir of Surat al-Rahman

Question: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [al-Rahman: 19, 20]? And what are the two seas referred to in the verse?

Answer: This means: they are adjacent, the two seas are adjacent; this is the meaning of "they meet."

And what is meant by the two seas: The fresh sea and the salty sea.

And it was said: What is meant by this is the Sea of Persia and the Sea of Rome, where they meet in the ocean.

So the two seas, what is meant by them: The fresh sea, and the salty sea, without
specification, or what is meant by this is the Sea of Persia and the Sea of Rome, but the correct view is the first, that the meaning is general.

And the meaning of "they meet": This means they are adjacent.
: That is, this does not mix with that, despite their meeting.

And the barzakh: It was said that it is the barrier between them.

And it was said: It was said that the barzakh refers to something of the land.

So the barzakh: The barzakh is either a barrier between them, or a partition between them from the land. This is from the power of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), in that these seas are adjacent and some of them meet with others, yet none of them affects the others. The salty does not turn into fresh, and the fresh does not turn into salty, but each remains with its own characteristics.

Question: Does the meaning of His saying (): is it "sent" or "created"?

Answer: The apparent meaning, and Allah knows best, of (): is that He mixed between them or they met, or that He (Glorified and Exalted is He) caused them to meet,Meaning: making them meet between them.