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The clouds

السحاب

The serviceable clouds between heaven and earth, piled masses through which lightning breaks and from which drops of hail descend; and the cloud that shaded Israel in the wilderness over the manna and the quails.

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Global / Diaspora

Environment and climateCosmology and creation

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 13:12· Qur'an 2:57· Qur'an 24:43· Qur'an 30:48· Qur'an 35:9· Qur'an 7:160

People and things also explored

The earth· The moon· Mountains· Night and day· Rain· The shadow· The stars· The sun

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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islam.museum contributors. “The clouds”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/clouds/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Living

Practices, the Islamic year, festivals, food, dress and music by region. Related

The earth

He cast in the earth anchors lest it shake with you, rivers and paths that you may be guided; He spread it, levelled it, laid it out with mountains, fruits and springs — and it is a mosque and a means of purification.