Surah 25:50
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ طَهُورٗا
He (it is) who has sent the winds as good news before His mercy, and We have sent down pure water from the sky,
لِّنُحۡـِۧيَ بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗا وَنُسۡقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَآ أَنۡعَٰمٗا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرٗا
so that We might give some barren land life by means of it, and give it as a drink to some of what We have created – livestock and many people.
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَٰهُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورٗا
Certainly We have varied it among them so that they might take heed, yet most of the people refuse (everything) but disbelief.
This is also part of His complete power and supreme authority: Allah sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, i.e., they bring the clouds behind them. The winds are of many different types, depending on the purpose for which they are sent. Some of them form the clouds, others carry the clouds or drive them, and others come ahead of the clouds as heralds announcing their coming. Some of them come before that to stir up the earth, and some of them fertilize or “seed” the clouds to make it rain. Allah says:
{and We send down pure water from the sky}, meaning, as a means of purifying it.
Abu Sa‘id said, “It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, can we perform Wudu’ with the water of the well of Buda'ah? For it is a well in which rubbish and the flesh of dogs are thrown. He said:
«Water is pure and nothing makes it impure.»
This was recorded by Ash-Shafi'i and Ahmad, who graded it Sahih, and also by Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi, who graded it Hasan, and by An-Nasal.
His saying:
means, a land that waited a long time for rain. It is devoid of vegetation or anything at all. When the rain comes to it, it becomes alive and its hills are covered with all kinds of colorful flowers, as Allah says:
{but when We send down water to it, it is stirred to life and growth...} (41:39).
His saying:
means, so that animals such as cattle can drink from it, and people who are in desperate need of water can drink from it and water their crops and fruits. This is like the Ayah:
{And He it is Who sends down the rain after they have despaired ,} (42:28)
{Look then at the effects of Allah's mercy, how He revives the earth after its death.} (30:50)
His saying:
means, ‘We cause rain to fall on this land and not on that, and We cause the clouds to pass over one land and go to another, where We cause sufficient rain to fall so that its people have plenty, but not one drop falls on the first land.’ There is a reason and great wisdom behind this. Ibn ‘Abbas and Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with them said: “One year does not have more rain than another, but Allah distributes the rain as He wills. Then he recited this Ayah:
meaning, so that they may be reminded, when Allah brings