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before a fair wind, rejoicing at it, and then a vio- He wills. He forms them into dark clumps and
lent squall comes upon them and the waves you see the rain come pouring out from the mid-
come at them from every side and they realise dle of them. When He makes it fall on those of
there is no way of escape, they call on Allah, His servants He wills, they rejoice. (30:48)
making their religion sincerely His: ‘If You rescue But if We send a wind, and they see it turning
us from this, we will truly be among the thank- yellow, still they persist after that in disbelieving.
ful.’ (10:22) (30:51)
The metaphor of those who reject their Lord is You who believe! Remember Allah’s blessing to
that their actions are like ashes scattered by you when forces came against you and We sent a
strong winds on a stormy day. They have no wind against them and other forces you could
power at all over anything they have earned. not see. Allah sees what you do. (33:9)
That is extreme misguidance. (14:18) And We gave Sulayman power over the wind–a
We send forth the pollinating winds and send month’s journey in the morning and a month in
down water from the sky and give it to you to the afternoon. And We made a fount of molten
drink. And it is not you who keep its stores. brass flow out for him. And some of the jinn
(15:22) worked in front of him by his Lord’s permission.
Make a metaphor for them of the life of this And if a single one of them deviates at all from
world. It is like water which We send down from Our command, We let him taste the punishment
the sky and the plants of the earth combine with of the Searing Blaze. (34:12)
it but then become dry chaff scattered by the It is Allah Who sends the winds which raise the
winds. Allah has absolute power over every- clouds which We then drive to a dead land and
thing. (18:45) by them bring the earth to life after it was dead.
And to Sulayman We gave the fiercely blowing That is how the Resurrection will be. (35:9)
wind, speeding at his command towards the land So We subjected the wind to him to blow at his
which We had blessed. And We had full knowl- command, softly, wherever he directed. (38:36)
edge of everything. (21:81) If He wills He makes the wind stop blowing and
Be people of pure natural belief in Allah, not as- then they lie motionless on its back. There are
sociating anything else with Him. As for anyone certainly Signs in that for everyone who is stead-
who associates others with Allah, it is as though fast and thankful. (42:33)
he had fallen from the sky and the birds had And in the alternation of night and day and the
seized him and carried him away or the wind provision Allah sends down from the sky, bring-
had dropped him in a distant place. (22:31) ing the earth to life by it after it has died, and the
It is He Who sends out the winds, bringing ad- varying direction of the winds, there are Signs for
vance news of His mercy. And We send down people who use their intellect. (45:5)
from heaven pure water. (25:48) When they saw it as a storm cloud advancing on
He Who guides you in the darkness of land and their valleys they said, ‘This is a storm cloud
sea and sends out the winds bringing advance which will give us rain.’ No, rather it is what you
news of His mercy. Is there another god besides desired to hasten–a wind containing painful pun-
Allah? May Allah be exalted above what they as- ishment. (46:24)
sociate with Him! (27:63) And also in ‘Ad when We unleashed against
Among His Signs is that He sends the winds bear- them the barren wind, (51:41)
ing good news, to give you a taste of His mercy,
and to make the ships run by His command, and WINE
to enable you to seek His bounty so that hope- You who believe! Wine and gambling, stone al-
fully you will be thankful. (30:46) tars and divining arrows are filth from the handi-
It is Allah Who sends the winds which stir up work of Satan. Avoid them completely so that
clouds which He spreads about the sky however hopefully you will be successful. Satan wants to
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