Quran and modern science compatible or incompatible
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EVAPORATION<br />
“By the Firmament<br />
which returns (in its round),”<br />
[Al-Qur’an 86:11]<br />
WINDS IMPREGNATE CLOUDS<br />
“And We send the<br />
fecundating winds,<br />
then cause the rain to<br />
descend from the sky,<br />
therewith providing you<br />
with water (in abundance).”<br />
[Al-Qur’an 15:22]<br />
The Arabic w<strong>or</strong>d used here is lawaaqih which is<br />
the plural of laqih from laqaha, which means<br />
to impregnate <strong>or</strong> fecundate. In this context,<br />
impregnate means that the wind pushes the clouds<br />
together increasing the condensation that causes<br />
lightning <strong>and</strong> thus rain. A similar description is<br />
found in the following verses of the Qur’an:<br />
“Seest thou not that Allah<br />
makes the clouds move<br />
gently, then joins them<br />
together, then makes them<br />
into a heap?–then wilt thou<br />
see rain issue f<strong>or</strong>th<br />
from their midst. And He<br />
sends down from the sky
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