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THE FORMATION OF RAIN
Only after weather radar was invented was it possible to discover the stages
by which rain is formed. According to this, the formation of rain takes place in
three stages. First, the formation of wind; second, the formation of clouds;
third, the emergence of raindrops.

What is related in the Qur’an about the formation of rain shows great par-
allels with these discoveries:
It is Allah Who sends the winds (1st Stage) which stir up clouds which
He spreads about the sky however He wills. He forms them into dark
clumps (2nd Stage) and you see the rain come pouring out from the
middle of them (3rd stage). When He makes it fall on those of His
slaves He wills, they rejoice! (Surat ar-Rum: 48)
FIRST STAGE: "It is Allah Who sends the winds..."
Countless air bubbles formed by the foaming of the oceans continuously
burst and cause water particles to be ejected towards the sky. These particles

On the surfaces of
oceans, each moment,
countless tiny air
bubbles formed by the
foaming burst, and
numerous water drops,
which are rich in salt,
are ejected into the
atmosphere. By the
action of the winds
carrying away these
drops, the atmosphere
collects twenty-seven
million tons of salt a
day. These salts are to
constitute the central
core around which the
raindrop later forms.

Water particles
surround salt crystals
that are carried from
oceans to clouds and
so, form raindrops.
Becoming heavier
than air, drops leave
from the clouds, and
start to fall on the
ground as rain.

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