The Qur'an and Modern Science... Compatible or Incompatible? (Part 8)

The Qur'an and Modern Science... 
Compatible or Incompatible? (From the book, Part 8)

EVAPORATION

“By the Firmament which returns (in its round),”
[Al-Qur’an 86:11]

WINDS IMPREGNATE CLOUDS

“And We send the fecundating winds,
then cause the rain to descend from the sky,
therewith providing you with water (in abundance).”
[Al-Qur’an 15:22]

The Arabic word used here is lawaaqih which is
the plural of laqih from laqaha, which means
to impregnate or fecundate. In this context,
impregnate means that the wind pushes the clouds
together increasing the condensation that causes
lightning and thus rain. A similar description is
found in the following verses of the Qur’an:

“Seest thou not that Allah makes the clouds move
gently, then joins them together, then makes them
into a heap?–then wilt thou see rain issue forth
from their midst. And He sends down from the sky
mountain masses (of clouds) wherein is hail: He strikes
therewith whom He pleases and He turns it away
from whom He pleases. the vivid flash of His lightning
well-nigh blinds the sight.”
[Al-Qur’an 24:43]

“It is Allah Who sends the Winds, and they raise the Clouds:
then does He spread them in the sky as He wills,
and break them into fragments, until thou seest raindrops
issue from the midst thereof: then when He has made them
reach such of His servants as He wills,
behold, they do rejoice!”
[Al-Qur’an 30:48]

Modern data on Hydrology agrees perfectly with the
Qur'anic description on the same subject.
The water cycle is described in several other verses
of the Glorious Qur’an, including 7:57, 13:17, 25:48-
49, 35:9, 36:34, 45:5, 50:9-11, 56:68-70 and 67:30.