Thunder and lightning

الرعد والبرق

The thunder glorifies His praise and the angels from fear of Him; He sends the thunderbolts and strikes whom He wills; in lightning there is terror and hope and a dazzling of the eyes — and Amr ibn Abd Allah would leave off speech when he heard the thunder.

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 2839· Qur'an 13:12· Qur'an 13:13· Qur'an 2:19· Qur'an 2:20· Qur'an 24:43· Qur'an 30:24· Qur'an 41:39

People and things also explored

Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')· Malik ibn Anas· The clouds· The earth· The moon· Mountains· Night and day· Rain

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')

The Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami') in the Muwatta, volume 2, PDF pages 461 to 604 (PDF numbering), with 272 numbered reports (2590–2861) in eighty-nine babs; the last book of the Muwatta body in this volume.