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