The clouds

السحاب

The serviceable clouds between heaven and earth, piled masses through which lightning breaks and from which drops of hail descend; and the cloud that shaded Israel in the wilderness over the manna and the quails.

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Global / Diaspora

Environment and climateCosmology and creation

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 13:12· Qur'an 2:57· Qur'an 24:43· Qur'an 30:48· Qur'an 35:9· Qur'an 7:160

People and things also explored

The earth· The moon· Mountains· Night and day· Rain· The shadow· The stars· The sun

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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The earth

He cast in the earth anchors lest it shake with you, rivers and paths that you may be guided; He spread it, levelled it, laid it out with mountains, fruits and springs — and it is a mosque and a means of purification.