Surah Al-Furqaan
Chapter 25 · Verse 50 · Revealed in Makkah
“And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
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:
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُوراً
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَاهُ بَيْنَهُمْ (And We have distributed it (the water) among them - 25:50). The verse says that We keep rotating the rainfall, that is, it sometimes falls in one locality and sometimes in another. Then sometimes a locality receives in one year more rain and in subsequent years less. Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn ` Abbas ؓ says that the presumption of some people that the quantity of rains varies from year to year is not really correct. In fact the aggregate amount of water sent down to the world (at macro-level) is equal every year. However, according to Allah's will, its allocation for different territories may change from year to year. Sometimes the quantity of water is curtailed for a specific habitation as a punishment and warning for it, and sometimes the quantity of rain is increased for a particular population, again as a punishment for their misdeeds. Thus the water that was a blessing in its origin turns into a torment for the people who are ungrateful and disobedient.
What does this verse bring up for you today?