The wind

الريح

Solomon's wind, made subject to him — its morning course a month and its evening a month; the barren wind against 'Ad which left nothing it touched without making it dust; and the fertilizing winds that revive the earth and spread His mercy.

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Region
Global / Diaspora

Environment and climateCosmology and creation

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 15:22· Qur'an 2:164· Qur'an 21:81· Qur'an 30:46· Qur'an 30:48· Qur'an 30:51· Qur'an 34:12· Qur'an 35:9· Qur'an 38:36· Qur'an 42:33· Qur'an 45:5· Qur'an 51:41· Qur'an 51:42· Qur'an 54:19· Qur'an 69:6· Qur'an 69:7
Related to
Sulayman (Solomon)

People and things also explored

al-Wahhab — The Bestower· The birds· The hoopoe· The horse· The earth-creature· The jinn in Solomon's court· al-Kisai's Qisas al-Anbiya — correspondence with Bilqis· Dawud (David)

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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Related

al-Wahhab — The Bestower

al-Wahhab — The Bestower. Name 16 in the enumeration of the most beautiful names in the Tirmidhi hadith.