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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 mo-
tionless 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