Page 94 - The Glory in the Heavens

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Besides that, Allah draws our attention to the
purity of the water He sends down from the sky:
… And We send down from heaven pure water.
… A n d W e s e n d d o w n f r o m h e a v e n p u r e w a t e r .
(Surat al-Furqan: 48)
As the verse above suggests, rain falls on the
ground pure and clean. It includes a very small
amount of salt and minerals. This is surely a blessing
of Allah, since soil receives the salt and minerals it
needs from rainwater. If the water evaporating from
92 the oceans contained a high ratio of salt, when it fell
on land in the form of rain this would be very harmful
to life on our planet. If rainwater were very salty, it
would wither the soil and plants away, which would
result in the death of all living things. In brief, life on
Earth would soon come to an end. However, this never
happens, because Allah has great compassion for peo-
ple. This we are informed in the Qur'an:
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(Surat al-Waqi'a: 68-70)