The Formation of Rain
- From: ra_misk@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 6 Feb 2007 10:48:08 -0800
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: "...and you see the rain come pouring our from the middle
of them"
The water particles that surround salt crystals and dust particles
thicken and form raindrops, so, drops that become heavier than the air
leave the clouds and start to fall to the ground as rain.
As we have seen, every stage in the formation of rain is related in
the verses of the Qur'an. Furthermore, these stages are explained in
exactly the right sequence. Just as with many other natural phenomena
on the Earth, God gives the most correct explanation of this
phenomenon as well, and made it known to people in the Qur'an
centuries before it was discovered.
In another verse, the following information is given about the
formation of rain:
(Have you not seen how God drives along the clouds, then joins them
together, then makes them into a stack, and then you see the rain come
out of it? And He sends down from the sky mountain masses (of clouds)
with cold hail in them, striking with it anyone He wills and averting
it from anyone He wills. The brightness of His lightning almost blinds
the sight.) (The Qur'an, 24:43)
Scientists studying cloud types came across surprising results
regarding the formation of rain clouds. Rain clouds are formed and
shaped according to definite systems and stages. The formation stages
of cumulonimbus, one kind of rain cloud, are these:
1.STAGE, Being driven along: Clouds are carried along, that is, they
are driven along, by the wind.
2.STAGE, Joining:Then, small clouds (cumulus clouds) driven along by
the wind join together, forming a larger cloud.(1)
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
atmosphere, 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.(2)
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 God has given us a piece of information that could not
have been known 1,400 years ago.
(A) Isolated small pieces of clouds (cumulus clouds)
(B) When the small clouds join together, updrafts within the larger
cloud increase, and so the cloud is stacked up.
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 atmosphere, 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. This scientific fact
was announced in verse 43 of Sura Nur fourteen centuries ago by God in
this way: "...then (He) makes them into a stack, and then you see the
rain come out of it"
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