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Oceans, Water & Weather in the Quran
The meeting of seas, darkness of the deep ocean, the water cycle, clouds and hail.
The Barrier Between Two Seas
Quran 55:19–20 and 25:53 describe two bodies of water meeting with a "barrier" (barzakh) between them. Estuaries, haloclines and the Mediterranean outflow explained.
Deep-Sea Darkness & Internal Waves
Quran 24:40 describes layered darkness in a deep sea "covered by waves, upon which are waves." Light in the ocean, internal waves, and the aphotic zone.
The Water Cycle
Quranic verses on rain flowing as springs, water stored underground in measure, winds that stir clouds and "fertilizing winds," compared with hydrology.
Clouds, Hail & Lightning
Quran 24:43 describes clouds driven together, heaped into a mass, "mountains" with hail and blinding lightning. How cumulonimbus storm clouds form.
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