CAUTION! QURA'AN IS NOT JUST A BOOK .....READ TO LEARN THE
MIRACLES OF QURA'AN part6
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 Sura Zukhruf as follows; It is He
who sends down water in due measure from the sky by which We
bring a dead land back to life. That is how you too will be
raised (from the dead). (The Qur'an, 43:11) This measured
quantity in rain has again been discovered by modern research.
It is estimated that in one second, approximately 16 million
tons of water evaporates from the Earth. This figure amounts to
513 trillion tons of water in one year. This number is equal to
the amount of rain that falls on the Earth in a year. This means
that water continuously circulates in a balanced cycle, in a
"measure". Life on Earth depends on this water cycle. Even if
people used all the available technology in the world, they
would not be able to reproduce this cycle artificially. Even a
minor deviation in this equilibrium would very soon give rise to
a major ecological imbalance that would bring about the end of
life on Earth. Yet, this never happens, and rain keeps falling
every year in exactly the same quantity just as revealed in the
Qur'an.
THE FORMATION OF RAIN How rain forms remained a great mystery
for a long time. 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 "raw material" of rain rises up into the air
with the wind. Later, clouds are formed, and finally raindrops
appear. The Qur'an's account of the formation of rain refers
exactly to this process. In one verse, this formation is
described in this way: It is God Who sends the winds which stir
up clouds which He spreads about the sky however He wills. He
forms them into dark clumps and you see the rain come pouring
out from the middle of them. When He makes it fall on those of
His slaves He wills, they rejoice. (The Qur'an, 30:48) Now, let
us examine these three stages outlined in the verse more
technically.
FIRST STAGE: " It is God 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, which are rich in salt, are then carried away by
winds and rise upward in the atmosphere. These particles, which
are called aerosols, function as water traps, and form cloud
drops by collecting around the water vapour themselves, which
rises from the seas as tiny droplets.
SECOND STAGE: ".... which stir up clouds which He spreads about
the sky however He wills. He forms them into dark clumps..." The
clouds are formed from water vapour that condenses around the
salt crystals or dust particles in the air. Because the water
droplets in these clouds are very small (with a diameter between
0.01 and 0.02 mm), the clouds are suspended in the air, and
spread across the sky. Thus, the sky is covered in clouds.
THIRD STAGE: "