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THE QUR'AN LEADS THE W A Y TO SCIENCE

Many open pollinated plants, pine and palm trees and similar, as well as
flowering seed plants and all grasses are fertilized by the wind. The wind
takes the pollen from the plants and aids fertilization by carrying the
pollen to other plants of the same species.
This effect of wind on plants was unknown until very recently. When it
was realized, however, that plants are divided into males and females, the
fertilizing effect of the wind was also understood. The Qur’an indicates
this fact in the verse, “... We send down rain from the sky, and produce
on the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs.” (Surah Luqman: 10)

The Proportion of Rain
One of the items of information given in the Qur'an about rain is that it
is sent down to Earth in due measure. This is mentioned in Surat az-
Zukhruf as follows:

It is He who sends down water in measured amounts from the sky by
which We bring a dead land back to life. That is how you too
will be raised (from the dead).
(Surat az-Zukhruf: 11)

This measured quantity in rain has again been discovered by modern
research. It is estimated that in one second, approximately 16 million tons

On the earth, water is recycled according to a certain "measure". Life
on earth is dependant on this water cycle.

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