Quran on Nature

Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah to you all - (the messenger of) Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and He giveth death. So believe in Allah and His messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, who believeth in Allah and in His Words, and follow him that haply ye may be led aright.

And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders.

They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust.

And He it is Who hath sown you broadcast in the earth, and unto Him ye will be gathered.

And if We sent a wind and they beheld it yellow, they verily would still continue in their disbelief.

And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.

On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.

Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth? There is no secret conference of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be; and afterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they did. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things.

For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. Our messengers came unto them of old with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but afterwards lo! many of them became prodigals in the earth.

Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of Abraham and the Family of 'Imran above (all His) creatures.

And We have given you (mankind) power in the earth, and appointed for you therein livelihoods. Little give ye thanks!

He said: Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah when He hath favoured you above (all) creatures?

Allah hath made ready for them Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide. That is the supreme triumph.

And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.

And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein.

He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,

And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.

Or some morning the water thereof will be lost in the earth so that thou canst not make search for it.

Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward of him who groweth.

(And it is said unto them): This is because ye exulted in the earth without right, and because ye were petulant.

Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and placed roads for you therein, that haply ye may find your way;

And He it is Who in the heaven is God, and in the earth God. He is the Wise, the Knower.

Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water?

(And it will be said unto them): Lo! this is a reward for you. Your endeavour (upon earth) hath found acceptance.

Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

And Moses said: Though ye and all who are in the earth prove thankless, lo! Allah verily is Absolute, Owner of Praise.

Say: If there were in the earth angels walking secure, We had sent down for them from heaven an angel as messenger.

Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their hither side a folk that scarce could understand a saying.

(Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.

And He it is Who sendeth the winds, glad tidings heralding His mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky,

And to establish them in the earth, and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts that which they feared from them.

Lo! We are about to bring down upon the folk of this township a fury from the sky because they are evil-livers.

Know that Allah quickeneth the earth after its death. We have made clear Our revelations for you, that haply ye may understand.

Say (O Muhammad): Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth? Say: Allah. Say: Take ye then (others) beside Him for protectors, which, even for themselves, have neither benefit nor hurt? Say: Is the blind man equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light? Or assign they unto Allah partners who created the like of His creation so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty.

He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.

Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or the earth to be torn asunder, or the dead to speak, (this Qur'an would have done so). Nay, but Allah's is the whole command. Do not those who believe know that, had Allah willed, He could have guided all mankind? As for those who disbelieve, disaster ceaseth not to strike them because of what they do, or it dwelleth near their home until the threat of Allah come to pass. Lo! Allah faileth not to keep the tryst.

Verily they have plotted their plot, and their plot is with Allah, though their plot were one whereby the mountains should be moved.

And thy Lord inspired the bee, saying: Choose thou habitations in the hills and in the trees and in that which they thatch;

And they say: We will not put faith in thee till thou cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us;

Lo! Allah causeth those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Lo! Allah doth what He intendeth.

The (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;

If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.

A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof;

And in your creation, and all the beasts that He scattereth in the earth, are portents for a folk whose faith is sure.

And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,

On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).

And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth.

And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them.

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light. Allah guideth unto His light whom He will. And Allah speaketh to mankind in allegories, for Allah is Knower of all things.

And if thy Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have believed together. Wouldst thou (Muhammad) compel men until they are believers?

And whatsoever He hath created for you in the earth of divers hues, lo! therein is indeed a portent for people who take heed.

Gardens of Eden which they enter, underneath which rivers flow, wherein they have what they will. Thus Allah repayeth those who ward off (evil),

Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom.

The way (of blame) is only against those who oppress mankind, and wrongfully rebel in the earth. For such there is a painful doom.

Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?

Lo! those who believe and do good works, their Lord guideth them by their faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Delight,

And He hath cast into the earth firm hills that it quake not with you, and streams and roads that ye may find a way.

And We desired to show favour unto those who were oppressed in the earth, and to make them examples and to make them the inheritors,

And Who sendeth down water from the sky in (due) measure, and We revive a dead land therewith. Even so will ye be brought forth;