God be He exalted says:(It
is He Who shows you the lightning, as a fear (for travelers) and as a
hope (for those who wait for rain). And it is He Who brings up (or
originates) the clouds, heavy (with water), and Ar-Ra'd (thunder)
glorifies and praises Him, and so do the angels because of His Awe. He
sends the thunderbolts, and therewith He strikes whom He wills, yet they
(disbelievers) dispute about Allah. And He is Mighty in strength and
Severe in punishment.) [Surat Ar-Ra'd, verses: 12, 13].
And He be exalted says: (And
among His Signs is that He shows you the lightning, for fear and for
hope, and He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and therewith revives
the earth after its death. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a
people who understand.) [Surat Ar-Rum, verse: 24].
The explanation of the verses:
God
be He exalted talks in these verses about the phenomenon of lightning,
the lightning is a double edged weapon, it is a good sign and hope for
raining and at the same time it might be destroying for properties and
killing for souls.
As
for the lightning, the commentators say that it is always frightening
and destroying as it happens suddenly and it directly hits anything in
its way.
Scientific facts:
Scientists
have studied the lightning for a long time and they found that the
clouds are always electrically charged, it is negatively charged at its
base and positively charged at its top.
As
for the earth, it is mostly positively charged. When the beam of
lightning starts to release from the base of the cloud which is
negatively charged towards the earth which is positively charged, the
opposite charges meet and collision occurs and the lightning beam rushes
with a speed of more than one hundred thousand kilometers per second.
The lightning doesn't occur unless in the case of heavy cumulous clouds, that's why God be He exalted said: (And it is He Who brings up (or originates) the clouds, heavy (with water)) so there is a relation between heavy clouds and lightning.
The point of inimitability:
We
notice from these verses that the holy Quran mentioned the lightning
and related the occurrence of this phenomenon to heavy rain (among
His Signs is that He shows you the lightning, for fear and for hope,
and He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and therewith revives the
earth after its death) and related also between thelightning and the high heavy clouds: (It
is He Who shows you the lightning, as a fear (for travelers) and as a
hope (for those who wait for rain). And it is He Who brings up (or
originates) the clouds, heavy (with water)) and this is what was recently proved by scientists.
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