DUE MEASURE IN RAIN

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DUE MEASURE IN RAIN

11- And He is the One who sends down water in due measure from the sky, to
revive dead lands therewith. Similarly you will be raised.
43-Vanity, 11

Rain is one of the gifts of God to man. In the verse above, God says that the
rain has its own mathematics and that it is sent according to ?due measure.?
Water on earth is subject to an impeccable process and passes in due order from
the state of liquid to the state of gas and solid. It has a marvelous balancing
power, as it balances energy while satisfying the vital needs of the living
being.

You would not have gotten an answer if you were, a century back, to ask a
scientist whose field of interest was rainfall in particular, ?Is there a
measure in the rainfall; can it be quantified?? Being ignorant of the
meteorological phenomena going on in every part of the world, the scientist
would not have been in a position to say anything on the issue. The Quran told
us 1400 years ago that the rainfall had a certain measure. Research conducted in
the last century revealed the process of rainfall, shedding light over the
cycling characteristics of water. One of the facts discovered was that the earth?s
annual rainfall was always of the same amount. The amount per second varied
between 16-17 million tons. Thus, the amount of rain falling was above 500
trillion tons a year while an equal amount evaporated. These yearly values
remain constant. This constancy was of great significance in establishing the
ecological balance of the world. The scientist of a few centuries back could not
have estimated the amount of the rainfall in the region where he lived since the
precipitation yearly changed according to region. He might have concluded,
therefore, that rain is not quantifiable.

CALCULATIONS RELATED TO WATER CYCLE
The rainfall and cycle of water involve complicated calculations. To give you an
example, researchers were curious to know the reason for the maximum temperature
of the upper portion of the tropical ozone layer which was maximum 28 degrees
Celsius, despite the sun?s continual warming of the water. Their research
produced the following finding: the factor that prevented the overheating of the
ozone layer in warmer regions was not merely water vapor, but at the same time
the shadow cast by clouds. In the shade, the temperature dropped. The shield
prevented the earth from overheating. Water vapor also exerts a greenhouse
effect. Along with carbon dioxide, methane and other gases, it creates an
invisible insulation layer in the atmosphere. This layer prevents the totality
of every radiation coming down on earth under normal conditions from getting
lost in the space where cold is reigning. Water vapor forms 60% of the ?natural
greenhouse effect,? making the basic climate of the earth relatively warm. All
these things are finely calculated; we can gain an insight into this if we
examine the greenhouse clouds revolving around the planet Venus. The dense
clouds muffle it, so that only half of the sun?s rays reach it. The quantity of
97% carbon dioxide there creates a super greenhouse effect and the temperature
rises up to 500 degrees Celsius. This temperature far exceeds the temperature
range in which man can live. The water cycle on earth, passing through the
states of liquid, cloud and water vapor, is calculated with precision. In
contradistinction with the general properties of water, the clouds do not freeze,
even at a temperature of - 30 degrees Celsius. As it is stated in the Quran,
there are masses of clouds as large as mountains, but they do not freeze into
mountains of ice to fall upon the earth. Had it not been for this precise
calculation in the formation of clouds and the rainfall and for the ideal
arrangement of the chemical composition of water by its Creator, the system
would certainly not function.

When we throw an object of a few kilograms from a balcony, we can follow its
descent. If we empty a large pan full of water from the balcony, we can observe
the splash on the ground. The fall of tons of water from above, thanks to God?s
programming, is so arranged that water coming down in drops from above is a
blessing rather than a natural disaster. This is the wonderful artistry in the
physical rules imposed by God. Such a balancing of acceleration is definable in
physical formulas. This definability, this calculation is due to God?s creation
of rain in ?due measure.?

RAIN IS LIFE
In the same verse, God speaks of the rain?s regenerative power. It is a well-known
fact that dry land is revitalized by rain and the vegetation becomes lush once
again. The basic element of the animate being is DNA in which the hydrogen bonds
keep changing, perpetuating life. This hydrogen is exchanged with the hydrogen
that emerges during the ionization of water. A dehydrated living being is like a
frozen skeleton even though it may preserve its DNA and genetic code; it cannot
reproduce or move. Only when the water comes up and lends the hydrogen from its
disintegrated ions can the code be activated. Such characteristics can be
observed in living microorganisms like microbes. The more developed living
beings cannot recover their vitality when fresh water is supplied, as their
tissue surfaces have already deteriorated. Rain is thus the source of
regeneration of plants and bacteria. The last sentence of the verse that reads:
?Similarly you will be raised? evokes the following association in our mind: God
sends down rain in predetermined amounts, by which plants and bacteria that are
near death are resuscitated. The rising of man from the dead is no problem for
God, who knows the measure of all things.

God, who devised the system of regeneration of plants and bacteria through a
well-calculated amount of rain, will raise man from the dead according to the
measures and knowledge in His wisdom. The sprouting of vegetation from the dead
soil is something our eyes behold. What we see is the evidence of the facility
by which our Creator will re-create His creation whose measure, calculation and
formula are known only to Him.

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