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ELECTRICITY AND THE GLORIOUS QUR'AN
Electricity and thunder has been mentioned in
the Glorious Qur'an in the
following Surahs:
Surah al-Baqarah Ayah 19-20, “Or it is like
that of a rainstorm with
darkness, thunder, and lightning
approaching. They cover their
ears for fear of thunder and
death and Allah contains (the
evil of) the unbelievers. The
lightning almost takes away
their vision. When the lightning
brightens their surroundings,
they walk, and when it is dark,
they stand still. Had Allah
wanted, He could have taken away
their hearing and their vision.
Allah has power over all
things.”
Surah al-Ra'd Ayah 12-13, “It is He Who flashes
lightning to frighten you and to
give you hope. It is He Who
forms the heavy clouds. Both the
thunder and the angels glorify
Him and, out of fearing Him,
always praise Him. He sends down
thunderbolts to strike whomever
He wants, while they are busy
arguing about the existence of
Allah. His punishment is stern.
Surah al-Nur Ayah 43, “Did you not see that
Allah moves the clouds gently,
brings them together, piles them
up, and then you can see the
rain coming from them? He sends
down hailstones from the
mountains in the sky. With them
He strikes or protects from them
whomever He wants. The lightning
can almost take away sight.
Surah al-Rum Ayah 24, “Also within the evidence
of His existence is His showing
you lightning which gives fear
and hope and His sending water
down from the sky which revives
the earth after its death. In
this there is evidence (of the
truth) for the people of
understanding.”
The Ayah explains how the clouds are formed and
rain drops fall on the earth.
Even after the advancement of scientific
research, man is still unable to
fathom this gigantic power of
lightning which still kills many
people every year. The huge
sound of thunder scares many
people.
Lightning produces nitrogen which is critical
for life. Although, 78% of air
consists of nitrogen but we do
not make use of that nitrogen,
we simply in-hale and ex-hale
without using it. The nitrogen
in air has three strong bonds
between the electrons. It takes
a great amount of energy to free
the nitrogen. When lightning
strikes, it knocks the electrons
from the nitrogen atoms. The atoms are then free to combine with oxygen and hydrogen atoms in the
air to form nitrates. Rain
carries this new compound to the
earth enriching the soil which
are the building blocks of
proteins.
Lightning produces heat of about 15,000
centigrade which in turn forms
hydrogen peroxide or heavy
water. The heavy water kills
germs in the air and plants.
Some of the experts say that by virtue of the
lightning the natural fertilizer
on the earth amounts to
thousands of tons.
The experts say that whenever there is less
lightning and thunder, the
incidence of increase of
diseases and plant damages.
This might be the interpretation of the Ayah, “It is He Who flashes lightning to frighten you and to give you hope.”
Sources used: The Glorious Qur'an (Urdu translation) by
Ayatollah Nasir Makarem Shirazi |
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