| NATURAL
PHENOMENA MENTIONED
IN THE QUR'AN
WIND
It He is Who sends out the winds, bringing advance news
of His mercy, so that when they have lifted up the heavy clouds, We dispatch
them to a dead land and send down water to it, by means of which We bring
forth all kinds of fruit. In the same way We will bring forth the dead,
so that hopefully you will pay heed. (Surat al-A'raf, 57)
We send forth the pollinating winds and send down water
from the sky and give it to you to drink. And it is not you who keep its
stores. (Surat al-Hijr, 22)
And to Sulayman We gave the fiercely blowing wind, speeding
at his command towards the land which We had blessed. And We had full
knowledge of everything. (Surat al-Anbiya', 81)
He Who guides you in the darkness of land and sea and
sends out the winds bringing advance news of His mercy. Is there another
god besides Allah? May Allah be exalted above what they associate with
Him! (Surat an-Naml, 63)
It is Allah Who sends the winds which raise the clouds
which We then drive to a dead land and by them bring the earth to life
after it was dead. That is how the Resurrection will be. (Surah Fatir,
9)
If He wills He makes the wind stop blowing and then they
lie motionless on its back. There are certainly Signs in that for everyone
who is steadfast and thankful. (Surat ash-Shura, 33)
And in the alternation of night and day and the provision
Allah sends down from the sky, bringing the earth to life by it after
it has died, and the varying direction of the winds, there are Signs for
people who use their intellect. (Surat al-Jathiyya, 5)
RAIN
It is He Who made the earth a couch for you, and the
sky a dome. He sends down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits
for your provision. Do not, then, knowingly make others equal to Allah.
(Surat al-Baqara, 22)
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed
before them which We had established on the earth far more firmly than
We have established you? We sent down heaven upon them in abundant rain
and made rivers flow under them. But We destroyed them for their wrong
actions and raised up further generations after them. (Surat al-An'am,
6)
It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which
We bring forth with it buds of all (plants), and from that We bring forth
the green shoots and from them We bring forth close-packed seeds, and
from the spathes of the date palm date clusters hanging down, and gardens
of grapes and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Look
at their fruits as they bear fruit and ripen. There are Signs in that
for people who believe. (Surat al-An'am, 99)
My people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent
to Him. He will send heaven down to you in abundant rain, and increase
you with strength upon strength. Do not turn away as evildoers.' (Surah
Hud, 52)
It is He Who sends down water from the sky. From it you
drink and from it come the shrubs among which you graze your herds. (Surat
an-Nahl, 10)
Allah sends down water from the sky and by it brings
the dead earth back to life. There is certainly a Sign in that for people
who hear. (Surat an-Nahl, 65)
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky
and then in the morning the earth is covered in green? Allah is All-Subtle,
All-Aware. (Surat al-Hajj, 63)
We sent down a measured amount of water from heaven and
lodged it firmly in the earth; and We are well able to remove it. (Surat
al-Mu'minun, 18)
Do you not see that Allah propels the clouds then makes
them coalesce then heaps them up, and then you see the rain come pouring
out of the middle of them? And He sends down mountains from the sky with
hail inside them, striking with it anyone He wills and averting it from
anyone He wills. The brightness of His lightning almost blinds the sight.
(Surat an-Nur, 43)
It is He Who sends out the winds, bringing advance news
of His mercy. And We send down from heaven pure water so that by it We
can bring a dead land to life and give drink to many of the animals and
people We created. (Surat al-Furqan, 48-49)
He Who created the heavens and the earth and sends down
water for you from the sky by which We make luxuriant gardens grow - you
could never make their trees grow. Is there another god besides Allah?
No indeed, but they are people who equate others with Him! (Surat an-Naml,
60)
If you ask them, 'Who sends down water from the sky,
bringing the earth back to life again after it was dead?' they will say,
'Allah.' Say: 'Praise be to Allah.' But most of them do not use their
intellect. (Surat al-'Ankabut, 63)
Truly Allah has knowledge of the Hour and sends down
abundant rain and knows what is in the womb. And no self knows what it
will earn tomorrow and no self knows in what land it will die. Allah is
All-Knowing, All-Aware. (Surah Luqman, 34)
Do they not see how We drive water to barren land and
bring forth crops by it which their livestock and they themselves both
eat? So will they not see? (Surat as-Sajda, 27)
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky
and by it We bring forth fruits of varying colours? And in the mountains
there are streaks of white and red, of varying shades, and rocks of deep
jet black. (Surah Fatir, 27)
Among His Signs is that you see the earth laid bare and
then when We send down water on it, it quivers and swells. He Who gives
it life is He Who gives life to the dead. Certainly He has power over
all things. (Surah Fussilat, 39)
It is He Who sends down abundant rain, after they have
lost all hope, and unfolds His mercy. He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.
(Surat ash-Shura, 28)
And We sent down blessed water from the sky and made
gardens grow by it and grain for harvesting. (Surah Qaf, 9)
LIGHTNING
It is He Who shows you the lightning, striking fear and
bringing hope; it is He Who heaps up the heavy clouds. The thunder glorifies
His praise, as do the angels, out of fear of Him. He discharges the thunderbolts,
striking with them anyone He wills. Yet still they argue about Allah when
He is inexorable in His power! (Surat ar-Ra'd, 12-13)
Do you not see that Allah propels the clouds then makes
them coalesce then heaps them up, and then you see the rain come pouring
out of the middle of them? And He sends down mountains from the sky with
hail inside them, striking with it anyone He wills and averting it from
anyone He wills. The brightness of His lightning almost blinds the sight.
(Surat an-Nur, 43)
THE FORMATION OF DAY AND NIGHT
In the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation
of the night and day, and the ships which sail the seas to people's benefit,
and the water which Allah sends down from the sky - by which He brings
the earth to life when it was dead and scatters about in it creatures
of every kind - and the varying direction of the winds, and the clouds
subservient between heaven and earth, there are Signs for people who use
their intellect. (Surat al-Baqara, 164)
It is He Who splits the sky at dawn, and appoints the
night as a time of stillness and the sun and moon as a means of reckoning.
That is what the Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. (Surat al-An'am,
96)
In the alternation of night and day and what Allah has
created in the heavens and the earth there are Signs for people who guard
against evil. (Surah Yunus, 6)
It is He Who stretched out the earth and placed firmly
embedded mountains and rivers in it and made two types of every kind of
fruit. He covers over day with night. There are Signs in that for people
who reflect. (Surat ar-Ra'd, 3)
He has made night and day subservient to you, and the
sun and moon and stars, all subject to His command. There are certainly
Signs in that for people who use their intellect. (Surat an-Nahl, 12)
We made the night and day two Signs. We blotted out the
Sign of the night and made the Sign of the day a time for seeing so that
you can seek favour from your Lord and will know the number of years and
the reckoning of time. We have made all things very clear. (Surat al-Isra',
12)
It is He Who gives life and causes to die and His is
the alternation of the night and day. So will you not use your intellect?
(Surat al-Mu'minun, 80)
Allah revolves night and day. There is surely a lesson
in that for people with inner sight. (Surat an-Nur, 44)
He makes night merge into day and day merge into night,
and He has made the sun and moon subservient, each one running until a
specified time. That is Allah, your Lord. The Kingdom is His. Those you
call on besides Him have no power over even the smallest speck. (Surah
Fatir, 13)
Allah is He Who appointed the night for you so that you
might rest in it, and the day for seeing. Allah pours out His favour on
mankind but most people do not show thanks. (Surah Ghafir, 61)
THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth
in six days and then settled Himself firmly on the Throne. He covers the
day with the night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the sun and
moon and stars are subservient to His command. Both creation and command
belong to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (Surat al-A'raf,
54)
It is He Who created everything on the earth for you
and then directed His attention up to heaven and arranged it into seven
regular heavens. He has knowledge of all things. (Surat al-Baqara, 29)
PERIODS OF MONTHS AND WEEKS
It is He Who splits the sky at dawn, and appoints the
night as a time of stillness and the sun and moon as a means of reckoning.
That is what the Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. (Surat al-An'am,
96)
It is He Who appointed the sun to give radiance, and
the moon to give light, assigning it phases so you would know the number
of years and the reckoning of time. Allah did not create these things
except with truth. We make the Signs clear for people who know. (Surah
Yunus, 5)
Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any support
- you can see that - and then established Himself firmly on the Throne.
He made the sun and moon subservient, each running for a specified term.
He directs the whole affair. He makes the Signs clear so that hopefully
you will be certain about the meeting with your Lord. (Surat ar-Ra'd,
2)
We made the night and day two Signs. We blotted out the
Sign of the night and made the Sign of the day a time for seeing so that
you can seek favour from your Lord and will know the number of years and
the reckoning of time. We have made all things very clear. (Surat al-Isra',
12)
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