The Practice of Philosophy

QURAN AND SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY

Quran Treats the phenonomenon of Rain and Hail

By

Allama Muhammad Yousuf Gabriel

www.oqasa.org

shaukatawan@rocketmail.com

The Quran has claimed not when but twice in most explicit terms to include all knowledge that concerned humanity. And has challenged the world to bring a chapter like it, when I was asked that Quran was not the book of science, it was only the book of religion. How for that reason, the treatment of the subjects like atomic science, the atomic bombs and atomic radiations could be expected in a book of religion. My answer to this was and is that the Quran is a book of a religion indeed, but it is the book of a religion that is perfect and total and may well be expected to provide answer to every question that was concerned with the humanity. If the destruction of the habitations of Sodom and Gomorrah received a mention in it, although these habitations had been no larger than a negligible component of a modern city, how then the mention of a destroyer which would not leave so much as a blade of grass unburnt from 1 end of the world to the other, could be ignored without damaging the claim to universality. The Quran ought to be expected to give an answer to the question of atomic annihilation of the world. Again it might be asked whether the Quran contains the outcome of the analysis of contemporary science of meteorology. The answer to this question is yes it does. Quran shows this in 1 sign (Ayat) of about forty words. Read the following from the Quran concerning the phenomenon of rain and hail:-

” Hast thou not noticed that Allah gently driveth forward the clouds and gathereth them together, and then layeth them in heaps? Thou also seeth the rain which falleth from the midst thereof, and Allah sendeth down from heaven, from mountains wherein there is hail, He striketh therewith whom he pleaseth, and turneth the same from whom He pleaseth, the brightness of His lightening wanteth but little of taking away the sight”.

( Quran XXIV – 43 )

” Have you not observed that God drives the clouds, then joins them together and puts them fold on fold. Then you see the rain fall by means of them and He sends down hail from the sky where there are mountains of it, and strikes those with it whom. He will, and wards it off from whomsoever He pleaseth. His lightning could snatch away their eyes”.

(Quran – An-Nur-43 The Light)

You have read it now, or you have heard it. And if you pen to be a meteorologist, how significantly of the science of contemporary meteorology you have discerned in it, so that after we have explained it, you may compare. To most of the readers of the Quran it is merely a matter of widespread observation which has been mentioned by the Quran no matter whether in the translation or in the original Arabic text of the Quran. Let this be remembered, even so, that the mysteries are revealed only in the original Arabic text and by no means in the translations. It is the Arabic text of the Quran that reveals the essence of the contemporary science of meteorology about the phenomenon of rain and hail. Read the Quran -An Noor-43 )

In the initial sight there appears to be no scientific facts of the modern analysis, but by the grace of Al-mighty Allah there are scientific facts to be revealed to those possessed of understanding, and sincere in their faith in the Quran. The original Arabic text of the Quran has miracles to reveal. Most complicated, intricate and perplexing facts of science and philosophy may well be discovered in the words and mysteries discovered. To a knowledgeable reader the world of the Quran appears like kaleidoscopic world. The words changing their forms and clows and assuming new forms and colours, astonishing and perplexing the poor human intellect. In the course of my forty-year long research in the Quran much more than when I went to sleep with satisfaction that I had exhausted the meanings of a specific sign. But next morning to my surprise I saw the exact same sign blossoming with fresh flowers that had exchanging colours and delightful fragrance.

Let it be remembered that the modern science of meteorology is of recent origin, although the Quran was revealed fourteen centuries ago. If for that reason the discoveries of the mo dern meteorology are found in the Quran, there remains no doubt about the divine original of the Quran, and the Quran deserves to assume a exclusive location amongst the divine scriptures.

We will now interpret the sign (Ayat) of the Quran in the light of all the most recent discoveries of science in the field of meteorology. It is typically observed by the Non-Muslims, that whenever a discovery of science appears, the Muslims prop up the Quran saying, Lo! here is it written in the Quran, why the Muslims can’t discover these facts from the Quran before the discovery is declared by science. The answer to this objection is, that firstly the Quran is not the text book of science to teach the individuals the approach of producing the issues that are produced by the science, rather the Quran observes and regulates the entire life of humanity, each and every aspect of it. Consequently the Quran has its own style of treating the subject of pure science. Secondly, the Quran would not like the appearance of specific things or their wrong use in order to maintain the humanity safe from the noxious effects thereof. Consequently the Quran treats such subjects of science in its peculiar manner. For instance the Quran has treated the atomic science, the entire essence of the topic, but has not taught to create the atomic bombs. Thirdly, if the Quran had explained the inventions of science as we see them right now and had utilised the terms as we hear them right now, it is not difficult to imagine that the hearers of that time, would have stampeded away thrusting their fingers in their ears, yelling, ” How impossible, how nonsensical, away, away to your rational creed, the creed of our fathers”. The fate of Islam was thus no hidden secret. And it was a miracle of the Quran, to say a factor comprehensible and appealing to its very first hearers, and conceal inside the exact same language that could answer all that was to come in time in any form, scientific, philosophic, economical, social. But let it be understood that the corroboration of the Quran and science is a topic fraught with imminent dangers. Science changes whilst the Quran is constant. When said, for-ever said. The corroborator consequently should have thorough knowledge of science, to discern the established facts from much more theories and hypotheses, and should at the identical time have the thorough understanding of the Quran to its real mind. Otherwise there is a wonderful possibility of wrecking the reputation of the Quran, and creating this word of God about of ridicule, unrecking at the same time the doom of the corroborator himself. I have seen several a corroborator that blundered in this field and fell from the cliffs to the vale of ignominy. God save us from such a doom. I myself am a corroborator, but I weigh a thing a hundred times and pass a lot of a sleepless nights before I find courage to pen a single reality or to bring it on record. However I pray to Allah, the Merciful to guide me aright in this hazardous field and let me have no personal or other consideration, and forgive any slip of fall. I am obliged to take to this field for no other reason than that it has turn into the inevitable necessity of these days. Otherwise the early authentic commentators of the Quran have left no point unambiguous.

Now let us revert to our topic in the name of Allah the Benign, the Merciful. Allah says:-

“(Alam Tara). Has thou not noticed?” This question was 1st posed to the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and his contemporary Arabs. Now it could be posed to the meteorologist. This is the marvellous feature of the All-time and eternal Quran.

Then :-

“(Annallaha Yuzji). That is God drives”. It is to contradict the view of those who believe that the laws of nature work on their own, or that the whole affair of creation is accidental only. Here the God asserts his total control of the Phenomenon.

Then (Yuzji Sahaban). (Sahab) means a cloud, but the derivatives formed on its root (sahaba) give the meanings as, to drive along, to drag along, to withdraw, to recall, to retract etc. The modern meteorological science on this point says, ” Prior to a thunderstorm, the clouds are in excellent commotion. Fantastic masses becoming torn asunder, others uniting together. These clouds becoming electrified, some much more some much less strongly, act inductively on one another, and if a piece happens to be torn away with more than its fair share of electricity that has been induced into it, it may soar away intensely electrified, numerous such pieces may well unite to form a huge cloud”.

Then The Quran says:-

” (Thumma Yuallifu Bainahu). That is thereafter affects between the diverse parts of the cloud a harmony and achieves affinity between them. Normally it is translated as ” and gathereth them together”. In order to know what sort of harmony and affinity is affected and achieved between the different parts of the cloud, let us read the following from the science of meteorology.

” To accomplish the coalescence of the minute spherules of water into fallable rain drops, a proper electrical affinity, between a particle and a particle within the cloud and further, within the cloud and the earth has to be achieved. In the presence of a strong positive charge in the cloud the SPHERULES WOULD TEND TOWARDS SEPARATION, EXCLUDING ANY POSSIBILITY OF THEIR COALESCENCE. A charge of milder sort in the vicinity has been found to be helpful for the desired coalescence for the spherules into rain drops. The necessity of the ELECTRIC Potential and hence the electricity itself, having therefore been established a slight ACIDIFICATION of the cloud water is to be UNDERSTOOD as a indicates to impart conductivity to the water, which in a state of its purity is a poor conductor of electricity”.

Let the great masters of Chemistry read these chemical processes explained by the Quran.

Then the Quran says:-

” (Thumma Yajaluhu rukaaman)”. That is then “layeth them in heaps”. Let us read what the modern meteorological science says about the heaping up of the cloud. It says:-

” When the vapour in the air is condensed not by means of contact with cold bodies, but through the cooling of a mass of vapour -ladden air, then a cloud is formed. A cloud consists of fine drops of water. if it be near the ground it is known as mist or fog. It would at the outset appear impossible to classify or account for the myriads of forms of the cloud, but when we come to observe and watch them closely, two principal sorts of cloud-forms assert themselves. Those which appear in fillowy well-defined shapes, and those which spread over the heavens in a layer thick or thin, partial or complete. The former of these is known as CUMULUS, a Latin word meaning HEAP, the latter STRATUS, a Latin word meaning A LAYER. These names are due to LUKE HORWARD (1802) and have been employed by all cloud observers given that his time. The meteorological science is of recent origin. It developed within the centuries of this contemporary age. Luke Horward (1802) very first employed the Terms CUMULUS and STRATUS”.

The Quran has anticipated him by centuries. The word Rukaaman which the Quran has utilized indicates specifically the CUMULUS. So far as the Term STRATUS is concerned, the Quran has employed it in another sign (verse) about the quite same topic. The sign is as follows:

That is : ” Allah is He who sendeth the wind so that they raise clouds, and spreadeth them along the sky as pleaseth Him. And forms them in layers, and thou seest the rain downpouring from inside them”.

( Quran XXX – 48 )

” It is God who sends the breezes that raise clouds, then spreads them over the sky as He please, fold on fold, then you see the drops of rain concern from between them. When He sends it down to those of His creatures as He will, they are filled with joy”.

(Quran The Romans, 48)

The actual word is (Kisafan) which indicates to lay in layers, to stratify, to lay layer upon layer. It is precisely the term STRATUS, the term of Luke Horward. Though generally it is translated as, “causeth them to break”. It is surprising to note, that the Quran anticipated Luke Horward (1802) by centuries. The words of the Quran thus are not only scientific but also prophetic.

Then the Quran says:-

(Fataral Wadaqa Yakhruju min khilaalihi). That is : Thou seest the rain which falleth from the midst thereof. Actual word is (Min Khilaalihi), that is the rain is pouring from the (khilal) of the cloud. The meaning of this word is pin, skewer, spit. The root of this word is (khallala) which indicates to acetify. “Khal” means vinegar. Now the necessity of the acidification of the cloud water we have already narrated in the prior pages. A charge of milder sort is vital to accomplish the coalescence of the spherules. The charge necessitates electricity. But pure water is a poor conductor of electricity. It is essential therefore to acetify the water to endue water with the high quality of conductivity. Therefore the role of the word (khilal ) in the phenomenon becomes clear, to mean that no (khilal) meant no rain, and consequently no life on earth.

The Quran further says:-

(wa yunazzilu min assamaae min jibaalin fiha min bardin). That is:- ” And Allah sendeth down from heaven, from mountains wherein there is hail”. Initial envision a cloud like a mountain of hail. How gorgeous is the mountain of white pearls and how precise but novel is the simile. But the point which attracts our attention is hidden in the word (jibaal) which indicates mountains. The root of this word is (jabala) which indicates to kneed. Maybe the most astonishing discovery of the contemporary meteorological science is that no mist nor fog could be formed, unless there had been present in the vapour-laden air particles of dust or sand to act as the nucleus for the spherules of water that constitute the fog. This has been proved, because air filtered through cotton wool, has no tendency towards fog formation. The hail pellets likewise have been found to have been built around a spec of dust acting as their Nucleus, a procedure in distinction from that of the formation of snow. Now let us see the word (jibaal) that is mountains utilized by the Quran. The word Jibaal has been derived from the root-verb (jabala) which means to kneed. Then picture a cloud of rain or of hail, wherein every spherule has a spec of dust or sand though invisible to naked eye. Undoubtedly the cloud appears like a mountain created of dust particles kneeded with water. Remarkable also is the role of mountains in the formation of rain.

Now in the end it may be asked that the Quran in this phenomenon has created no mention of the excellent role played by the air. It is the air that carries the moisture, and it is the air that wafts the clouds. with out the air no rain would have been feasible. The question takes our thought to an additional sign (Ayat) of the Quran which is identical with the sign which we are discussing, and has mentioned the role of air. In the prior pages we have alluded to sing just read:-

(Quran-Alarum -48)

(Allah-u-lazi yursilu-arriaha fatuseeru sahaban). That is, ” He is Allah who sendeth the winds, so that they raise clouds”.

( Quran XXX-48 )

The Quran’s challenge, “Bring ye a chapter like unto it” stands excellent for every age, such as this age of science. The understanding of science shown by the Qruan is such that no scientist will ever believe of becoming an equal to or like the Quran, the remarkable word of Allah, the God of the worlds.

Even though I believe that style is an attribute, or rather an ability, of the conscious mind, if there are natural things which had been not designed, then design is not a necessity of production. In spite of having a rather obviously singular function, other than for aesthetic and stylistic purposes, a watch could be as regular and mundane as a rock.

1 of the examples we have utilised for design was of a watch and a watchmaker, by William Paley. He speaks of the notion of finding a rock on the road, and believing that it is there merely because it is natural for it to be there, and really should 1 discover a watch just laying there you would not come to the exact same conclusion. On an inspection of a watch, assuming you have some kind of understanding of the function of watches, you uncover that it is employed for a particular function. Specific pieces which do not naturally come together, are found in a particular form which is employed to the ends of the function of its entire. To uncover that a mixture of materials that forms something with a purpose and function, to Paley, implies that there is a maker of this object.

I do not think that science genuinely has a role in these kind of questions. Science will explain how an organ works, and what the purpose it is employed for, but it has absolutely nothing to do with why the organ was created. It will tell you how a tree formed, but not the purpose for the existence of the tree.

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