Quran Verses about Rain

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُرۡسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتۡ سَحَابٗا ثِقَالٗا سُقۡنَٰهُ لِبَلَدٖ مَّيِّتٖ فَأَنزَلۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡمَآءَ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٥٧

Wa huwal-ladhī yursilur-riyāḥa bushram bayna yaday raḥmatih, ḥattā idhā aqallat saḥāban thiqālan suqnāhu libaladim mayyitin fa anzalnā bihil-māʾa fa akhrajnā bihī min kullith-thamarāt, kadhālika nukhrijul-mawtā laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall] until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ ٢٢

Wa arsalnar-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾan fa asqaynākumūhu wa mā antum lahū bikhāzinīn.

And We have sent the fertilizing winds¹ and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزۡجِي سَحَابٗا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيۡنَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَجۡعَلُهُۥ رُكَامٗا فَتَرَى ٱلۡوَدۡقَ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ خِلَٰلِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٖ فِيهَا مِنۢ بَرَدٖ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصۡرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرۡقِهِۦ يَذۡهَبُ بِٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ٤٣

Alam tara annallāha yuzjī saḥāban thumma yuʾallifu baynahū thumma yajʿaluhū rukāman fataral-wadqa yakhruju min khilālihī wa yunazzilu minas-samāʾi min jibālin fīhā mim baradin fayuṣību bihī may yashāʾu wa yaṣrifuhū ʿam may yashāʾ, yakādu sanā barqihī yadhhabu bil-abṣār.

Do you not see that Allāh drives clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightning almost takes away the eyesight.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ طَهُورٗا ٤٨

Wa huwal-ladhī arsalar-riyāḥa bushram bayna yaday raḥmatih, wa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾan ṭahūrā.

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water

لِّنُحۡـِۧيَ بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗا وَنُسۡقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَآ أَنۡعَٰمٗا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرٗا ٤٩

Linuḥyiya bihī baldatam maytaw wa nusqiyahū mimmā khalaqnā anʿāmaw wa anāsiyya kathīrā.

That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي يُرۡسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابٗا فَيَبۡسُطُهُۥ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ يَشَآءُ وَيَجۡعَلُهُۥ كِسَفٗا فَتَرَى ٱلۡوَدۡقَ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ خِلَٰلِهِۦۖ فَإِذَآ أَصَابَ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦٓ إِذَا هُمۡ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ٤٨

Allāhul-ladhī yursilur-riyāḥa fatuthīru saḥāban fayabsuṭuhū fis-samāʾi kayfa yashāʾu wa yajʿaluhū kisafan fataral-wadqa yakhruju min khilālih, fa idhā aṣāba bihī may yashāʾu min ʿibādihī idhā hum yastabshirūn.

It is Allāh who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds and spread them in the sky however He wills, and He makes them fragments so you see the rain emerge from within them. And when He causes it to fall upon whom He wills of His servants, immediately they rejoice

وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ ٤٩

Wa in kānū min qabli ay yunazzala ʿalayhim min qablihī lamublisīn.

Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.

فَٱنظُرۡ إِلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِ رَحۡمَتِ ٱللَّهِ كَيۡفَ يُحۡيِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَآۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٥٠

Fanẓur ilā āthāri raḥmatillāhi kayfa yuḥyil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, inna dhālika lamuḥyil-mawtā, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

So observe the effects of the mercy of Allāh - how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that [same one] will give life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

وَٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابٗا فَسُقۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٖ مَّيِّتٖ فَأَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلنُّشُورُ ٩

Wallāhul-ladhī arsalar-riyāḥa fatuthīru saḥāban fasuqnāhu ilā baladim mayyitin fa aḥyaynā bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, kadhālikan-nushūr.

And it is Allāh who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds, and We drive them to a dead land and give life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Thus is the resurrection.

وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا ١

Wadh-dhāriyāti dharwā.

By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]

فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا ٢

Fal-ḥāmilāti wiqrā.

And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱلَّذِي تَشۡرَبُونَ ٦٨

Afaraʾaytumul-māʾal-ladhī tashrabūn.

And have you seen the water that you drink?

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ ٦٩

Aʾantum anzaltumūhu minal-muzni am naḥnul-munzilūn.

Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?

لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجٗا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٠

Law nashāʾu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūn.

If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا ١٤

Wa anzalnā minal-muʿṣirāti māʾan thajjājā.

And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا ١٥

Linukhrija bihī ḥabbaw wa nabātā.

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا ١٦

Wa jannātin alfāfā.

And gardens of entwined growth.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ ١١

Was-samāʾi dhātir-rajʿ.

By the sky which sends back¹

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِرَٰشٗا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءٗ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزۡقٗا لَّكُمۡۖ فَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ أَندَادٗا وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٢

Al-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa firāshaw was-samāʾa bināʾaw wa anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhraja bihī minath-thamarāti rizqal lakum, falā tajʿalū lillāhi andādaw wa antum taʿlamūn.

[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

إِنَّ فِي خَلۡقِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلَّتِي تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِمَا يَنفَعُ ٱلنَّاسَ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن مَّآءٖ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٖ وَتَصۡرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ وَٱلسَّحَابِ ٱلۡمُسَخَّرِ بَيۡنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ١٦٤

Inna fī khalqis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wakhtilāfil-layli wan-nahāri wal-fulkil-latī tajrī fil-baḥri bimā yanfaʿun-nāsa wa mā anzalallāhu minas-samāʾi mim māʾin fa aḥyā bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wa baththa fīhā min kulli dābbatiw wa taṣrīfir-riyāḥi was-saḥābil-musakhkhari baynas-samāʾi wal-arḍi laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allāh has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and earth are signs for a people who use reason.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦ نَبَاتَ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهُ خَضِرٗا نُّخۡرِجُ مِنۡهُ حَبّٗا مُّتَرَاكِبٗا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّخۡلِ مِن طَلۡعِهَا قِنۡوَانٞ دَانِيَةٞ وَجَنَّٰتٖ مِّنۡ أَعۡنَابٖ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلرُّمَّانَ مُشۡتَبِهٗا وَغَيۡرَ مُتَشَٰبِهٍۗ ٱنظُرُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثۡمَرَ وَيَنۡعِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكُمۡ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٩٩

Wa huwal-ladhī anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhrajnā bihī nabāta kulli shayʾin fa akhrajnā minhu khaḍiran nukhriju minhu ḥabbam mutarākibaw wa minan-nakhli min ṭalʿihā qinwānun dāniyatuw wa jannātim min aʿnābiw waz-zaytūna war-rummāna mushtabihaw wa ghayra mutashābih, unẓurū ilā thamarihī idhā athmara wa yanʿih, inna fī dhālikum laʾāyātil liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

And it is He who sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby the growth of all things. We produce from it greenery from which We produce grains arranged in layers. And from the palm trees - of its emerging fruit are clusters hanging low. And [We produce] gardens of grapevines and olives and pomegranates, similar yet varied. Look at [each of] its fruit when it yields and [at] its ripening. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗۖ لَّكُم مِّنۡهُ شَرَابٞ وَمِنۡهُ شَجَرٞ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ ١٠

Huwal-ladhī anzala minas-samāʾi māʾā, lakum minhu sharābuw wa minhu shajarun fīhi tusīmūn.

It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].

يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرۡعَ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ١١

Yunbitu lakum bihiz-zarʿa waz-zaytūna wan-nakhīla wal-aʿnāba wa min kullith-thamarāt, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

وَٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَآۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٦٥

Wallāhu anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa aḥyā bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yasmaʿūn.

And Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَتُصۡبِحُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُخۡضَرَّةًۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٞ ٦٣

Alam tara annallāha anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fatuṣbiḥul-arḍu mukhḍarrah, innallāha laṭīfun khabīr.

Do you not see that Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and the earth becomes green? Indeed, Allāh is Subtle¹ and Aware.²

وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرٖ فَأَسۡكَنَّٰهُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابِۭ بِهِۦ لَقَٰدِرُونَ ١٨

Wa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾam biqadarin fa askannāhu fil-arḍ, wa innā ʿalā dhahābim bihī laqādirūn.

And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

فَأَنشَأۡنَا لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٖ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ لَّكُمۡ فِيهَا فَوَٰكِهُ كَثِيرَةٞ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ١٩

Fa anshaʾnā lakum bihī jannātim min nakhīliw wa aʿnābil lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratuw wa minhā taʾkulūn.

And We brought forth for you thereby gardens of palm trees and grapevines in which for you are abundant fruits and from which you eat.

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا نَسُوقُ ٱلۡمَآءَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلۡجُرُزِ فَنُخۡرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرۡعٗا تَأۡكُلُ مِنۡهُ أَنۡعَٰمُهُمۡ وَأَنفُسُهُمۡۚ أَفَلَا يُبۡصِرُونَ ٢٧

Awalam yaraw annā nasūqul-māʾa ilal-arḍil-juruzi fanukhriju bihī zarʿan taʾkulu minhu anʿāmuhum wa anfusuhum, afalā yubṣirūn.

Have they not seen that We drive water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦ ثَمَرَٰتٖ مُّخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهَاۚ وَمِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ جُدَدُۢ بِيضٞ وَحُمۡرٞ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٰنُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٞ ٢٧

Alam tara annallāha anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhrajnā bihī thamarātim mukhtalifan alwānuhā, wa minal-jibāli judadum bīḍuw wa ḥumrum mukhtalifun alwānuhā wa gharābību sūd.

Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَسَلَكَهُۥ يَنَٰبِيعَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ثُمَّ يُخۡرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرۡعٗا مُّخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَجۡعَلُهُۥ حُطَٰمًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٢١

Alam tara annallāha anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fasalakahū yanābīʿa fil-arḍi thumma yukhriju bihī zarʿam mukhtalifan alwānuhū thumma yahīju fatarāhu muṣfarran thumma yajʿaluhū ḥuṭāmā, inna fī dhālika ladhikrā liʾulil-albāb.

Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ خَٰشِعَةٗ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡيَاهَا لَمُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ ٣٩

Wa min āyātihī annaka taral-arḍa khāshiʿatan fa idhā anzalnā ʿalayhal-māʾahtazzat wa rabat, innal-ladhī aḥyāhā lamuḥyil-mawtā, innahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

وَٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرٖ فَأَنشَرۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخۡرَجُونَ ١١

Wal-ladhī nazzala minas-samāʾi māʾam biqadarin fa ansharnā bihī baldatam maytā, kadhālika tukhrajūn.

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

وَنَزَّلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ مُّبَٰرَكٗا فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٖ وَحَبَّ ٱلۡحَصِيدِ ٩

Wa nazzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾam mubārakan fa anbatnā bihī jannātiw wa ḥabbal-ḥaṣīd.

And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest

وَٱلنَّخۡلَ بَاسِقَٰتٖ لَّهَا طَلۡعٞ نَّضِيدٞ ١٠

Wan-nakhla bāsiqātil lahā ṭalʿun naḍīd.

And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

رِّزۡقٗا لِّلۡعِبَادِۖ وَأَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡخُرُوجُ ١١

Rizqal lil-ʿibād, wa aḥyaynā bihī baldatam maytā, kadhālikal-khurūj.

As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].

إِذۡ يُغَشِّيكُمُ ٱلنُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةٗ مِّنۡهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم بِهِۦ وَيُذۡهِبَ عَنكُمۡ رِجۡزَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ وَلِيَرۡبِطَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمۡ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ ٱلۡأَقۡدَامَ ١١

Idh yughashshīkumun-nuʿāsa amanatam minhu wa yunazzilu ʿalaykum minas-samāʾi māʾal liyuṭahhirakum bihī wa yudhhiba ʿankum rijzash-shayṭāni waliyarbiṭa ʿalā qulūbikum wa yuthabbita bihil-aqdām.

[Remember] when He overwhelmed you with drowsiness [giving] security from Him and sent down upon you from the sky, rain by which to purify you and remove from you the evil [suggestions] of Satan and to make steadfast your hearts and plant firmly thereby your feet.

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا وَيَزِدۡكُمۡ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمۡ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٥٢

Wa yāqawmistaghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ilayhi yursilis-samāʾa ʿalaykum midrāraw wa yazidkum quwwatan ilā quwwatikum wa lā tatawallaw mujrimīn.

And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡغَيۡثَ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِۖ وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسٞ مَّاذَا تَكۡسِبُ غَدٗاۖ وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسُۢ بِأَيِّ أَرۡضٖ تَمُوتُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرُۢ ٣٤

Innallāha ʿindahū ʿilmus-sāʿati wa yunazzilul-ghaytha wa yaʿlamu mā fil-arḥām, wa mā tadrī nafsum mādhā taksibu ghadā, wa mā tadrī nafsum biʾayyi arḍin tamūt, innallāha ʿalīmun khabīr.

Indeed, Allāh [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs.¹ And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡغَيۡثَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا قَنَطُواْ وَيَنشُرُ رَحۡمَتَهُۥۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡوَلِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ٢٨

Wa huwal-ladhī yunazzilul-ghaytha mim baʿdi mā qanaṭū wa yanshuru raḥmatah, wa huwal-waliyyul-ḥamīd.

And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.

فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارٗا ١٠

Faqultustaghfirū rabbakum innahū kāna ghaffārā.

And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا ١١

Yursilis-samāʾa ʿalaykum midrārā.

He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّٰتٖ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرٗا ١٢

Wa yumdidkum biʾamwāliw wa banīna wa yajʿal lakum jannātiw wa yajʿal lakum anhārā.

And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

وَأَلَّوِ ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقٗا ١٦

Wa allawistaqāmū ʿalaṭ-ṭarīqati laʾasqaynāhum māʾan ghadaqā.

And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision]

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُرِيكُمُ ٱلۡبَرۡقَ خَوۡفٗا وَطَمَعٗا وَيُنشِئُ ٱلسَّحَابَ ٱلثِّقَالَ ١٢

Huwal-ladhī yurīkumul-barqa khawfaw wa ṭamaʿaw wa yunshiʾus-saḥābath-thiqāl.

It is He who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.

وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعۡدُ بِحَمۡدِهِۦ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مِنۡ خِيفَتِهِۦ وَيُرۡسِلُ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُمۡ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِي ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡمِحَالِ ١٣

Wa yusabbiḥur-raʿdu biḥamdihī wal-malāʾikatu min khīfatihī wa yursiluṣ-ṣawāʿiqa fayuṣību bihā may yashāʾu wa hum yujādilūna fillāhi wa huwa shadīdul-miḥāl.

And the thunder exalts [Allāh] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allāh; and He is severe in assault.

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُرِيكُمُ ٱلۡبَرۡقَ خَوۡفٗا وَطَمَعٗا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَيُحۡيِۦ بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَآۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٤

Wa min āyātihī yurīkumul-barqa khawfaw wa ṭamaʿaw wa yunazzilu minas-samāʾi māʾan fayuḥyī bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

And of His signs is [that] He shows you the lightning [causing] fear and aspiration, and He sends down rain from the sky by which He brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that are signs for a people who use reason.

وَلَقَدۡ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَى ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُمۡطِرَتۡ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوۡءِۚ أَفَلَمۡ يَكُونُواْ يَرَوۡنَهَاۚ بَلۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ نُشُورٗا ٤٠

Wa laqad ataw ʿalal-qaryatil-latī umṭirat maṭaras-sawʾ, afalam yakūnū yarawnahā, bal kānū lā yarjūna nushūrā.

And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.¹

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣

Wa amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭarā, fasāʾa maṭarul-mundharīn.

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ٥٨

Wa amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭarā, fasāʾa maṭarul-mundharīn.

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ عَارِضٗا مُّسۡتَقۡبِلَ أَوۡدِيَتِهِمۡ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا عَارِضٞ مُّمۡطِرُنَاۚ بَلۡ هُوَ مَا ٱسۡتَعۡجَلۡتُم بِهِۦۖ رِيحٞ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢٤

Falammā raʾawhu ʿāriḍam mustaqbila awdiyatihim qālū hādhā ʿāriḍum mumṭirunā, bal huwa mastaʿjaltum bih, rīḥun fīhā ʿadhābun alīm.

And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient:¹ a wind, within it a painful punishment,

تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيۡءِۭ بِأَمۡرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٥

Tudammiru kulla shayʾim biʾamri rabbihā fa aṣbaḥū lā yurā illā masākinuhum, kadhālika najzil-qawmal-mujrimīn.

Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ ١١

Fafataḥnā abwābas-samāʾi bimāʾim munhamir.

Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ١٢

Wa fajjarnal-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqal-māʾu ʿalā amrin qad qudir.

And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.