‘Do they not see the sky above them––how
We have built and adorned it, with no rifts in it; how We spread out the earth
and put solid mountains on it, and caused every kind of joyous plant to grow in
it, as a lesson and reminder for every servant who turns to God; and how We
send blessed water down from the sky and grow with it gardens, the harvest
grain, and tall palm trees laden with clusters of dates, as a provision for
everyone; how with water We give [new] life to a land that is dead? This is how
the dead will emerge [from their graves].’ (50: 7-12)
‘It is He who sends the winds as heralds of good news
before His Mercy. We send down pure
water from the sky, so that We can revive a dead land with it, and We give it
as a drink to many animals and people We have created.’ [25: 49-50]
Say, ‘Just think: if all your water were to sink deep into the earth who could give you flowing water in its place?’ (67: 31)