"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)
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.
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People for a quite long time ago, do not know exactly the
formation of the rain. But the late 20th century, by using weather
radar, it was possible to see the formation rain. 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. It is proven that, every stage in the
formation of rain is correlated in the verses and the three stages is exactly
as the same with mentioned in Quran.