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Water in the Qur'an 239

Among His Signs is that He shows you lightning, a source of fear
and eager hope, and sends down water from the sky, bringing the
dead earth back to life by it. There are certainly Signs in that for people
who use their intellect. (Surat ar-Rum, 24)
It is Allah Who created the heavens with no support – you can see
them – and cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so that it
would not move under you, and scattered about in it creatures of
every kind. And We send down water from the sky and make every
generous species grow in it. (Surah Luqman, 10)
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)
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky and
threads it through the earth to emerge as springs and then by it brings
forth crops of varying colours, which then wither and you see them
turning yellow and then He makes them into broken stubble? There is
a reminder in that for people of intelligence. (Surat az-Zumar, 21)
It is He Who sends down water in due measure from the sky by
which We bring a dead land back to life. That is how you too will be
brought forth. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 11)
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)
And We sent down blessed water from the sky and made gardens
grow by it and grain for harvesting. (Surah Qaf, 9)
So We opened the gates of heaven with torrential water and made
the earth burst forth with gushing springs. And the waters met to-
gether in a way which was decreed. (Surat al-Qamar, 11-12)
The metaphor of the life of this world is that of water which We send
down from the sky, and which then mingles with the plants of the
earth to provide food for both people and animals. Then, when the
earth is at its loveliest and takes on its fairest guise and its people think
they have it under their control, Our command comes upon it by night