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Quran on Nature

544 passages in the Quran address nature, in the Marmaduke Pickthall translation.

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Hast thou not seen that unto Allah payeth adoration whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the hills, and the trees, and the beasts, and many of mankind, while there are many unto whom the doom is justly due. He whom Allah scorneth, there is none to give him honour. Lo! Allah doeth what He will.
Quran 22:18 · Quran · The Pilgrimage
Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins,
Quran 19:90 · Quran · Mary
And if thou wert to ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, and constrained the sun and the moon (to their appointed work)? they would say: Allah. How then are they turned away?
Quran 29:61 · Quran
Unto Him be praise in the heavens and the earth! - and at the sun's decline and in the noonday.
Quran 30:18 · Quran · The Romans
Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.
Quran 37:5 · Quran · The Rangers
And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
Quran 55:10 · Quran · The Merciful
And of His portents are the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Adore not the sun not the moon; but adore Allah Who created them, if it is in truth Him Whom ye worship.
Quran 41:37 · Quran
Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His command. His verily is all creation and commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!
Quran 7:54 · Quran
Lo! in the heavens and the earth are portents for believers.
Quran 45:3 · Quran · The Kneeling
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
Quran 71:11 · Quran · Noah
A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens,
Quran 20:4 · Quran
He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. He maketh night to succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night, and He constraineth the sun and the moon to give service, each running on for an appointed term. Is not He the Mighty, the Forgiver?
Quran 39:5 · Quran · The Companies
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
Quran 86:12 · Quran · The Night-Comer
And unto Allah maketh prostration whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth of living creatures, and the angels (also) and they are not proud.
Quran 16:49 · Quran · The Bee
And of His signs is this: The heavens and the earth stand fast by His command, and afterward, when He calleth you, lo! from the earth ye will emerge.
Quran 30:25 · Quran · The Romans
Lo! nothing in the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah.
Quran 3:5 · Quran · The Family Of Imran
Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of night and day, and the ships which run upon the sea with that which is of use to men, and the water which Allah sendeth down from the sky, thereby reviving the earth after its death, and dispersing all kinds of beasts therein, and (in) the ordinance of the winds, and the clouds obedient between heaven and earth: are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty) for people who have sense.
Quran 2:164 · Quran · The Cow
Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause obliteration from the sky to fall on them. Lo! herein surely is a portent for every slave who turneth (to Allah) repentant.
Quran 34:9 · Quran · Sheba
Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth, and causeth water to descend from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for you, and maketh the ships to be of service unto you, that they may run upon the sea at His command, and hath made of service unto you the rivers;
Quran 14:32 · Quran · Abraham
Is not He (best) Who created the heavens and the earth, and sendeth down for you water from the sky wherewith We cause to spring forth joyous orchards, whose trees it never hath been yours to cause to grow. Is there any God beside Allah? Nay, but they are folk who ascribe equals (unto Him)!
Quran 27:60 · Quran · The Ant
And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
Quran 71:16 · Quran · Noah
On the day when the earth will be changed to other than the earth, and the heavens (also will be changed) and they will come forth unto Allah, the One, the Almighty,
Quran 14:48 · Quran · Abraham
He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days; then He mounted the Throne. He knoweth all that entereth the earth and all that emergeth therefrom and all that cometh down from the sky and all that ascendeth therein; and He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah is Seer of what ye do.
Quran 57:4 · Quran · The Iron
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Quran 69:14 · Quran · The Inevitable
Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. And We charged those who received the Scripture before you, and (We charge) you, that ye keep your duty toward Allah. And if ye disbelieve, lo! unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and Allah is ever Absolute, Owner of Praise.
Quran 4:131 · Quran · Women
Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. All are obedient unto Him.
Quran 30:26 · Quran · The Romans
Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.
Quran 48:7 · Quran · The Victory
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
Quran 52:36 · Quran · The Mountain
There is none in the heavens and the earth but cometh unto the Beneficent as a slave.
Quran 19:93 · Quran · Mary
And We rained a rain upon them. Dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
Quran 27:58 · Quran · The Ant
Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth. Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.
Quran 29:44 · Quran
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning.
Quran 38:66 · Quran · Sad
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
Quran 44:38 · Quran · The Evident Smoke
All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.
Quran 55:29 · Quran · The Merciful
And He hath constrained the night and the day and the sun and the moon to be of service unto you, and the stars are made subservient by His command. Lo! herein indeed are portents for people who have sense.
Quran 16:12 · Quran · The Bee
Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. Allah is Able to do all things.
Quran 3:189 · Quran · The Family Of Imran
And unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and unto Allah is the journeying.
Quran 24:42 · Quran · The Light
And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
Quran 26:173 · Quran
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
Quran 44:7 · Quran · The Evident Smoke
All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
Quran 57:1 · Quran · The Iron
His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and unto Allah (all) things are brought back.
Quran 57:5 · Quran · The Iron
Who hath appointed the earth a resting-place for you, and the sky a canopy; and causeth water to pour down from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for you. And do not set up rivals to Allah when ye know (better).
Quran 2:22 · Quran · The Cow
Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Allah ever surroundeth all things.
Quran 4:126 · Quran · Women
How many a portent is there in the heavens and the earth which they pass by with face averted!
Quran 12:105 · Quran · Joseph
Then praise be to Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, the Lord of the Worlds.
Quran 45:36 · Quran · The Kneeling
And unto Him (alone) belongeth Majesty in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
Quran 45:37 · Quran · The Kneeling
Lo! Allah knoweth the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is Seer of what ye do.
Quran 49:18 · Quran · The Chambers
And remember how He made you viceroys after A'ad and gave you station in the earth. Ye choose castles in the plains and hew the mountains into dwellings. So remember (all) the bounties of Allah and do not evil, making mischief in the earth.
Quran 7:74 · Quran
Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender.
Quran 4:132 · Quran · Women
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
Quran 78:37 · Quran · The Tidings
Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
Quran 85:9 · Quran · the Constellations
Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; and unto Allah all things are returned.
Quran 3:109 · Quran · The Family Of Imran
Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that he might be of those possessing certainty:
Quran 6:75 · Quran
Say: Behold what is in the heavens and the earth! But revelations and warnings avail not folk who will not believe.
Quran 10:101 · Quran · Jonah
He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. High be He Exalted above all that they associate (with Him).
Quran 16:3 · Quran · The Bee
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
Quran 26:24 · Quran
Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Lo! Allah, He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
Quran 31:26 · Quran · Lukman
A similitude of the Garden which those who keep their duty (to Allah) are promised: Therein are rivers of water unpolluted, and rivers of milk whereof the flavour changeth not, and rivers of wine delicious to the drinkers, and rivers of clear- run honey; therein for them is every kind of fruit, with pardon from their Lord. (Are those who enjoy all this) like those who are immortal in the Fire and are given boiling water to drink so that it teareth their bowels?
Quran 47:15 · Quran · Muhammad
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
Quran 2:117 · Quran · The Cow
Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of mankind; but most of mankind know not.
Quran 40:57 · Quran · The Forgiving One
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