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Scientific Miracles in the Sunnah

SCIENTIFIC MIRACLES IN THE SUNNAH

Rain is a bounty and mercy from Allaah The Almighty

Al-Bukhaari narrated on the authority of Zayd ibn Khaalid Al-Juhani, may Allaah be pleased with him, that he said: “The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, led us in the Morning Prayer at al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night.

When the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, finished, he turned to face the people and said to them: ‘Do you know what your Lord said?’ They said, ‘Allaah and His Messenger Know best.’ He said: ‘When morning came, some of My slaves became believers in Me while others became disbelievers.

As for him who said, “We have been given rain by the Grace of Allaah and His mercy,” that one is a believer in Me, a disbeliever in the stars; and as for him who said, “We have been given rain by such-and-such a star,” that one is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in the stars.’”

Abu Daawood in his Sunan also narrated this Hadeeth.

The descent of rain from the clouds is still an issue that is not scientifically clear in its details. All that the scientists know is that the earth is the richest planet in the solar system in terms of water, which is estimated at 1360-1385 million cubic kilometers.

It is mainly found in oceans and seas (97.2%), while fresh water represents only 2.8% of the total quantity of water on earth. Most of this water (2.052% to 2.15%) is locked within the thick layers of ice that cover the two poles of the earth and on mountain peaks.

The rest is stored in the rocks of the crust of the earth (0.27%), fresh water lakes (0.36%), in the form of humidity in the soil and the atmosphere (0.36%) and the running water in rivers and creeks (0.0047%).

Allaah The Almighty brought out the water on the earth from the heart of the planet through the volcanoes, distributed it in His Wisdome, and placed it in a perfect cycle between the earth and its atmosphere (sky).

Were it not for this cycle, the water on earth would have been spoiled given the fact that this water contains billions of billions of living beings that live and die in the different water bodies, which can spoil this water without such a cycle around the earth.

Allaah The Almighty decreed that a specific amount of water should be found on earth and be distributed accurately between the oceans, seas, lakes and rivers, in addition to storing part of it in the rocks of the crust of the earth and holding it in the form of ice on the top of mountains and on the two poles of the earth as ice, as well as spreading it smoothly like humidity in the air and soil.

All this takes place according to a specific system that suits the requirements of life on earth and maintains the thermal balance on the surface of the planet from place to place and from one season to another.

 If this carefully balanced amount of water had increased even a little, it would have covered the earth, but if it had decreased even a little, it would not have been sufficient for the requirements of life on earth.

 The heat of the sun vaporizes water from the surface of the seas, oceans, rivers, lakes, pools and swamps as well as the icy areas and even from the groundwater, human and animal breath, and transpiration, in addition to many other sources that take this vapor to the upper layers of the atmosphere.

 This vapor loses heat gradually as it goes higher and the pressure decreases allowing water to begin to condense on the fine nuclei of dust in the air.

This means that the water of the earth will return to it again in the form of rain, hail, snow, fog, or dew.

About 380,000 cubic kilometers of the water on earth vaporizes every year, and the majority of this amount (320,000 cubic kilometers) is from the surface of seas and oceans, while the remaining part (60,000 cubic kilometers) is from water surfaces on land.

 This quantity returns to the earth at different rates (284,000 cubic kilometers returns to the seas and oceans, while 96,000 cubic kilometers falls on the land) and the surplus in both cases flows back to the seas and oceans. 

As mentioned before, the process of rainfall is still unknown with its accurate scientific details, because it comprises a set of processes that cannot be directly observed. Hence, scientists developed a number of hypotheses and theories to explain this phenomenon.

Some theories referred to the influence of the movement of land winds and the dust it raises above the surface of the earth, while others referred to the electric currents in each cloud or among the different clouds when they meet and collide with each other.

Other theories referred to the influence of the sun on the atmospheric layers, but the only certain factor is the will of the Great Creator, as clearly indicated in the above prophetic Hadeeth.

It is known that the percentage of water in the clouds is very small and does not exceed 2% of the water in the atmosphere, which amounts to no more than 0.36% of the total amount of water on earth.

The amount of water in the atmosphere is estimated at 15,000 million cubic kilometers.

Water is found in the climate zone of the earth as very small droplets (less than one micron in diameter) and these droplets stick to the air due to their viscosity and intense surface tension.

 This happens in ordinary clouds that are carried by the wind without raining except after being fertilized through the fusion of two hot and cold clouds or two positively and negatively charged clouds.

This can also be done through micro solid objects in the dust that are carried by the winds from the surface of the earth to fertilize the clouds and accelerate the condensation of water vapor and the descent of rain by the permission of Allaah The Almighty and whenever He Wills.

Rain usually falls in small droplets, but sometimes it falls as big drops (more than 4-8 millimeters in diameter in some cases).

These large drops form as a result of the condensation of water vapor on a relatively large condensation nuclei of dust that gradually grows until it reaches such sizes. 

Meeting all these conditions individually or collectively requires predestination and it cannot happen haphazardly or by coincidence. This proves that the formation of rain is one of the divine secrets that Man has not understood fully yet, but the Divine power is as clear in this process as the sun, particularly regarding the distribution of the rain on the planet by the will of the Great Creator.

This also explains the aforementioned Prophetic Hadeeth, which was also explained in the Quran. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):