| The Outcome of the Rains in the Bible: | | | | because it was raining |
| 1) The Lord Commands: | | | | Acts 28:2 |
| 2) I will command the clouds not to rain | | | | The islanders showed us unusual |
| 3) I will send a plague among my people | | | | kindness. They built a fire and welcomed |
| 4) I also withheld rain from you | | | | us all because it was raining and cold. |
| 5) I will rain down bread from heaven | | | | Be patient |
| I will command the clouds not to rain | | | | James 5:7 |
| Isaiah 5:6 | | | | [Patience in Suffering] Be patient, |
| I will make it a wasteland, neither | | | | then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. |
| pruned nor cultivated, and briers and | | | | See how the farmer waits for the land to |
| thorns will grow there. I will command | | | | yield its valuable crop and how patient |
| the clouds not to rain on it." | | | | he is for the autumn and spring rains. |
| Send a plague among my people | | | | These men have power to shut up the sky |
| 2 Chronicles 7:13 | | | | so that it will not rain during the time |
| "When I shut up the heavens so that | | | | Revelation 11:6 |
| there is no rain, or command locusts to | | | | These men have power to shut up the sky |
| devour the land or send a plague among | | | | so that it will not rain during the time |
| my people, | | | | they are prophesying; and they have |
| I also withheld rain from you | | | | power to turn the waters into blood and |
| Amos 4:7 | | | | to strike the earth with every kind of |
| "I also withheld rain from you when the | | | | plague as often as they want. |
| harvest was still three months away. I | | | | Tender plants |
| sent rain on one town, but withheld it | | | | Deuteronomy 32:2 |
| from another. One field had rain; | | | | Let my teaching fall like rain and my |
| another had none and dried up. | | | | words descend like dew, like showers on |
| I will rain down bread from heaven | | | | new grass, like abundant rain on tender |
| Exodus 16:4 | | | | plants. |
| Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will | | | | Rained meat |
| rain down bread from heaven for you. | | | | Psalm 78:27 |
| The Lord says: you have the brazen look | | | | He rained meat down on them like dust, |
| of a prostitute; you refuse to blush | | | | flying birds like sand on the seashore. |
| with shame. | | | | Honor is not fitting for a fool |
| Jeremiah 3:3 | | | | Proverbs 26:1 |
| Therefore the showers have been | | | | Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, |
| withheld, and no spring rains have | | | | honor is not fitting for a fool. |
| fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of | | | | Driving rain that leaves no crops |
| a prostitute; you refuse to blush with | | | | Proverbs 28:3 |
| shame. | | | | A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a |
| Say to the land, 'You are a land that | | | | driving rain that leaves no crops. |
| has had no rain | | | | North wind brings rain |
| Ezekiel 22:24 | | | | Proverbs 25:23 |
| "Son of man, say to the land, 'You are a | | | | As a north wind brings rain, so a sly |
| land that has had no rain or showers in | | | | tongue brings angry looks. |
| the day of wrath.' | | | | The Outcome of the Rains in the Quran: |
| The Rain and Fire, Burn, destruction and | | | | The Rain is a great blessing. |
| the Lord's anger | | | | Surah 50:9 |
| I will pour down torrents of rain, | | | | And we send down from the sky rain |
| hailstones and burning sulfur on many | | | | charted with blessing, and we produce |
| nations! Why many nations? | | | | therewith gardens and grain for |
| Ezekiel 38:21-22 | | | | harvests; |
| 21- I will summon a sword against Gog on | | | | The Rain has certain measure. |
| all my mountains, declares the Sovereign | | | | Surah 13:17 |
| LORD. Every man's sword will be against | | | | SHAKIR: he sends down water from the |
| his brother. | | | | cloud, then watercourses flow (with |
| 22- I will execute judgment upon him | | | | water) according to their measure, and |
| with plague and bloodshed; I will pour | | | | the torrent bears along the swelling |
| down torrents of rain, hailstones and | | | | foam, and from what they melt in the |
| burning sulfur on him and on his troops | | | | fire for the sake of making ornaments or |
| and on the many nations with him. | | | | apparatus arises a scum like it; thus |
| Deuteronomy 11:17 | | | | does Allah compare truth and falsehood; |
| Then the Lord's anger will burn against | | | | then as for the scum, it passes away as |
| you, and he will shut the heavens so | | | | a worthless thing; and as for that which |
| that it will not rain and the ground | | | | profits the people, it tarries in the |
| will yield no produce, and you will soon | | | | earth; thus does Allah set forth |
| perish from the good land the LORD is | | | | parables |
| giving you. | | | | Surah 39:21do you not see that Allah |
| Deuteronomy 28:24 | | | | sends down water from the cloud, then |
| The LORD will turn the rain of your | | | | makes it go along in the earth in |
| country into dust and powder; it will | | | | springs, then brings forth therewith |
| come down from the skies until you are | | | | herbage of various colors, then it |
| destroyed. | | | | withers so that you see it becoming |
| Luke 17:29 | | | | yellow, then he makes it a thing crushed |
| But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and | | | | and broken into pieces? most surely |
| sulfur rained down from heaven and | | | | there is a reminder in this for the men |
| destroyed them all. | | | | of understanding |
| Isaiah 28:2 | | | | The Rain is for Drink and Plant |
| See, the Lord has one who is powerful | | | | formation |
| and strong. Like a hailstorm and a | | | | Surah 16:10 |
| destructive wind, like a driving rain | | | | He it is Who sends down water from the |
| and a flooding downpour, he will throw | | | | cloud for you; it gives drink, and by it |
| it forcefully to the ground. | | | | (grow) the trees upon which you pasture |
| Ezekiel 13:13 | | | | The Rain makes the Earth Green |
| "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign | | | | Surah 22:63 |
| LORD says: In my wrath I will unleash a | | | | Do you not see that Allah sends down |
| violent wind, and in my anger hailstones | | | | water from the cloud so the earth |
| and torrents of rain will fall with | | | | becomes green? Surely Allah is |
| destructive fury. | | | | benignant, aware |
| Rain down his blows upon him | | | | The Rain Produces Plants, Fruits, and |
| Job 20:23 | | | | Trees etc. |
| When he has filled his belly, God will | | | | Surah 2:22 |
| vent his burning anger against him and | | | | Who made the earth a resting place for |
| rain down his blows upon him. | | | | you and the heaven a canopy and (Who) |
| It fell with a great crash | | | | sends down rain from the cloud then |
| Matthew 7:27 | | | | brings forth with it subsistence for you |
| The rain came down, the streams rose, | | | | of the fruits; therefore do not set up |
| and the winds blew and beat against that | | | | rivals to Allah while you know |
| house, and it fell with a great crash." | | | | Surah 6:66 |
| Without fruit | | | | And He it is Who sends down water from |
| Jude 1:12 | | | | the cloud, then we bring forth with it |
| These men are blemishes at your love | | | | buds of all (plants), then we bring |
| feasts, eating with you without the | | | | forth from it green (foliage) from which |
| slightest qualm-shepherds who feed only | | | | we produce grain piled up (in the ear); |
| themselves. They are clouds without | | | | and of the palm-tree, of the sheaths of |
| rain, blown along by the wind; autumn | | | | it, come forth clusters (of dates) |
| trees, without fruit and uprooted-twice | | | | within reach, and gardens of grapes and |
| dead. | | | | olives and pomegranates, alike and |
| The Effects of the Rains on the Earth: | | | | unlike; behold the fruit of it when it |
| The rain made the trees grow | | | | yields the fruit and the ripening of it; |
| Isaiah 44:14 | | | | most surely there are signs in this for |
| He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a | | | | a people who believe |
| cypress or oak. He let it grow among the | | | | Surah 14:32 |
| trees of the forest, or planted a pine, | | | | Allah is He Who created the heavens and |
| and the rain made it grow. | | | | the earth and sent down water from the |
| Regular weeks of harvest | | | | clouds, then brought forth with it |
| Jeremiah 5:24 | | | | fruits as a sustenance for you, and he |
| They do not say to themselves, 'Let us | | | | has made the ships subservient to you, |
| fear the LORD our God, who gives autumn | | | | that they might run their course in the |
| and spring rains in season, who assures | | | | sea by his command, and he has made the |
| us of the regular weeks of harvest.' | | | | rivers subservient to you |
| Because there is no rain in the land; | | | | Surah 20:53 |
| the farmers are dismayed and cover their | | | | He Who has, made for you the earth like |
| heads. | | | | a carpet spread out; has enabled you to |
| Jeremiah 14:4 | | | | go about therein by roads (and |
| The ground is cracked because there is | | | | channels); and has sent down water from |
| no rain in the land; the farmers are | | | | the sky." with it have we produced |
| dismayed and cover their heads. | | | | diverse pairs of plants each separate |
| Land that drinks in the rain often | | | | from the others. |
| falling on it | | | | Surah 27:60 |
| Hebrews 6:7 | | | | Nay, He Who created the heavens and the |
| Land that drinks in the rain often | | | | earth, and sent down for you water from |
| falling on it and that produces a crop | | | | the cloud; then we cause to grow thereby |
| useful to those for whom it is farmed | | | | beautiful gardens; it is not possible |
| receives the blessing of God. | | | | for you that you should make the trees |
| He gave them the grain of heaven. | | | | thereof to grow. is there a god with |
| Psalm 78:24 | | | | Allah? nay! they are people who deviate |
| He rained down manna for the people to | | | | Surah 31:10 |
| eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. | | | | He created the heavens without pillars |
| Let the clouds shower it down. Let the | | | | as you see them, and put mountains upon |
| earth open wide | | | | the earth lest it might convulse with |
| Isaiah 45:8 | | | | you, and he spread in it animals of |
| "You heavens above rain down | | | | every kind; and we sent down water from |
| righteousness; let the clouds shower it | | | | the cloud, then caused to grow therein |
| down. Let the earth open wide, let | | | | (vegetation) of every noble kind |
| salvation spring up, let righteousness | | | | Surah 35:27 |
| grow with it; I, the LORD, have created | | | | Do you not see that Allah sends down |
| it. | | | | water from the cloud, then we bring |
| Send rain on the land you gave your | | | | forth therewith fruits of various |
| people for an inheritance. | | | | colors; and in the mountains are |
| 2 Chronicles 6:27then hear from heaven | | | | streaks, white and red, of various hues |
| and forgive the sin of your servants, | | | | and (others) intensely black? |
| your people Israel. Teach them the right | | | | The Rain gives life to the Dead Earth; |
| way to live, and send rain on the land | | | | this is for people who would listen and |
| you gave your people for an inheritance. | | | | understand. |
| He gave them the grain of heaven. | | | | Surah 16:65 |
| Psalm 78:24 | | | | And Allah has sent down water from the |
| He rained down manna for the people to | | | | cloud and therewith given life to the |
| eat; he gave them the grain of heaven. | | | | earth after its death; most surely there |
| Let the clouds shower it down. Let the | | | | is a sign in this for a people who would |
| earth open wide | | | | listen |
| Isaiah 45:8 | | | | Surah 29:63 |
| "You heavens above rain down | | | | And if you ask them who is it that sends |
| righteousness; let the clouds shower it | | | | down water from the clouds, then gives |
| down. Let the earth open wide, let | | | | life to the earth with it after its |
| salvation spring up, let righteousness | | | | death, they will certainly say, allah. |
| grow with it; I, the LORD, have created | | | | say: all praise is due to Allah. nay, |
| it. | | | | most of them do not understand |
| It yields seed for the sower and bread | | | | Surah 30:24 |
| for the eater, | | | | And one of his signs is that he shows |
| Isaiah 55:10 | | | | you the lightning for fear and for hope, |
| As the rain and the snow come down from | | | | and sends down water from the clouds |
| heaven, and do not return to it without | | | | then gives life therewith to the earth |
| watering the earth and making it bud and | | | | after its death; most surely there are |
| flourish, so that it yields seed for the | | | | signs in this for a people who |
| sower and bread for the eater, | | | | understand. |
| Giving you rain from heaven and crops in | | | | Allah is capable to give life to the |
| their seasons | | | | Dead, the same way as the Rain gives |
| Acts 14:17 | | | | life to the Dead Earth! You may notice |
| Yet he has not left himself without | | | | that the Quran always makes link between |
| testimony: He has shown kindness by | | | | the scientific facts and the religious |
| giving you rain from heaven and crops in | | | | notions. You may also notice that the |
| their seasons; he provides you with | | | | Quran always reminds us with the Revival |
| plenty of food and fills your hearts | | | | of the Dead, the Afterlife and the Day |
| with joy." | | | | of Judgment. |
| The heavens gave rain, and the earth | | | | These meaning are not found in the |
| produced its crops. | | | | Bible. |
| James 5:18 | | | | Surah 43:11 |
| Again he prayed, and the heavens gave | | | | And he who sends down water from the |
| rain, and the earth produced its crops. | | | | cloud according to a measure, then we |
| The Fear and Terror | | | | raise to life thereby a dead country, |
| 1 Samuel 12:18 | | | | even thus shall you be brought forth; |
| Then Samuel called upon the LORD, and | | | | Back to the main issue of my series of |
| that same day the LORD sent thunder and | | | | articles (1-36); this is my question to |
| rain. So all the people stood in fear of | | | | you smart readers: "Is the Quran quoted |
| the Lord and of Samuel. | | | | from the Bible "? |
| They built a fire and welcomed us all | | | | |