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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 coa-
lesce 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