Page 95 - The Glory in the Heavens

The explanation in the verse above makes it clear

that Allah specially created everything on Earth suit-

able for human life.

Dear Children, as you have seen, we have no
power over anything we need for our lives. Unless Allah

willed it, we could not live on Earth. For this reason, at

every moment we should remember that Allah is the

Creator of everything and we should always thank Him.

We have learned how water on Earth evaporates,

how clouds form and turn into rain. Now, how about

learning how rain falls on Earth in due measure?

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MEASURE OF THE RAIN
MEASURE OF THE RAIN

Rain falls down to Earth in a certain measure.

This measure has only been worked out by contempo-

rary research. Computations reveal that 16 million
tons of water evaporate every second. In a year, this

amounts to 505 trillion tons. Again, each year, 505

trillion tons of rain fall on Earth's surface. As it turns

out, this amount is the same from one year to anoth-

er. This fact, which has recently been discovered by

scientists, is reflected in the Qur'an, which was

revealed 1,400 years ago: