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Appendix: The Miracles of the Qur'an

by the wind join together, forming a larger cloud. 11
3. STAGE, Stacking: When the small clouds join together, updrafts
within the larger cloud increase. The updrafts near the centre of the
cloud are stronger than those near the edges. These updrafts cause the
cloud body to grow vertically, so the cloud is stacked up. This vertical
growth causes the cloud body to stretch into cooler regions of the at-
mosphere, where drops of water and hail formulate and begin to grow

larger and larger. When these drops of water and hail become too
heavy for the updrafts to support them, they begin to fall from the
cloud as rain, hail, etc. 12
We must remember that meteorologists have only recently come to
know these details of cloud formation, structure and function, by using
advanced equipment like planes, satellites, computers etc. It is evident
that Allah has given us a piece of information that could not have been
known 1,400 years ago.

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In one verse of the Qur'an, the "fecundating" characteristic of the
winds, and the formation of rain as a result are mentioned.
And We send the fecundating winds, then cause water to descend
from the sky, therewith providing you with water in abundance.
(Surat al-Hijr: 22)
In this verse, it is pointed out that the first stage in the formation of
rain is wind. Until the beginning of the twentieth century, the only rela-
tionship between the wind and the rain that was known, was that the
wind drove the clouds. However, modern meteorological findings have
demonstrated the "fecundating" role of the wind in the formation of rain.
This fecundating function of the wind works in the following way:
On the surface of oceans and seas, countless air bubbles form be-
cause of the water's foaming action. The moment these bubbles burst,
thousands of tiny particles, with a diameter of just one hundredth of a

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