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Dear brother Burhan,

I got this from another person, please enlighten with the wisdom of the Holy Koran:

"SENDING THIS E-MAIL TO ALL MY MUSLIM FRIENDS, ONE QUESTION YOU MUST ANSWER ,,OK ..PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME...

AND FOR GOD`S SAKE DON`T TRY TO DEFEND QURAAN ,JUST BECAUSE OF EMOTIONS I WAS COMING BACK TONIGHT IN SNOW STORM ,,IT IS RAMZAN ,,I STARTED THINKINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO MENTION OF SNOW IN QURAAN.

WHAT IS THE REASON?? PLEASE REPLY! DO RESEARCH ,OR DEBATE"

Jazaaak Allah Bakhair! 

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Answer:

No mention of Snow in Quran

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Firstly one must understand that the Glorious Quran does mention by name everything that is created or is in existence in the Universe; for the Quran is a Book of Guidance from the All Merciful, All Knowing Lord, and everything that pertains to man’s guidance is embedded in the Glorious Quran. Just because a thing in existence is not mentioned in the Quran, does not make the Glorious Quran incomplete! If tomorrow the same gentleman drives through an orange or apple orchard, and does not find the mention of an apple or an orange in the Quran; would he also search for the reason why these fruits are not mentioned by name in the Quran?

Secondly, any meteorologist will verify that it is never snow that is released from the clouds, but it is the rain-water which is released; but due to the low temperature of the atmosphere in certain places the rain-water forms into flakes of snow as it reaches the earth. And the rains from the skies is mentioned several times all over the Quran as one of the Mercies and Blessings to mankind from his Merciful Lord.

Indeed the whole machinery and system of the rain falling on the earth, its metamorphosis when evaporated into moisture, the rising of this moisture towards the skies, its collection in the clouds, and again its falling in the form of rain-water is in itself a Sign of a Perfect Planner and Controller.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 45 Surah Jathiyaa verses 5-9:

5 And in the alternation of Night and Day; and the fact that Allah sends down Sustenance from the sky and revives therewith the earth after its death; and the change of the winds; are Signs for those that are wise.

6 Such are the Signs of Allah which We rehearse to thee in truth: then in what exposition will they believe after (rejecting) Allah and His Signs?

7 Woe to each sinful Dealer in Falsehoods:

8 He hears the Signs of Allah rehearsed to him, yet is obstinate and lofty as if he had not heard them: then announce to him a Penalty Grievous!

9 And when he learns something of Our Signs he takes them in jest: for such there will be a humiliating Penalty.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraf verse 57:

It is He (Allah) who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings going before His Mercy (rains): when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds We drive them to a land that is dead make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember.

Thirdly, the Quran was revealed in Arabia and describing a formed product like snow to the desert Arabs of Arabia would be like describing a product like the air-conditioners to the Eskimos!

Allah Subhanah is the All-Knowing, All-Wise and has Absolute Knowledge of everything that is in existence.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 34 Surah Saba verses 1-2:

1 Praise be to Allah to Whom belong all things in the Heavens and on earth: to Him be Praise in the Hereafter: and He is Full of Wisdom acquainted with all things.

2 He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes out thereof; all that comes down from the sky, and all that ascends thereto: and He is the Most Merciful the Oft-Forgiving.

Your Statement: AND FOR GOD`S SAKE DON`T TRY TO DEFEND QURAAN ,JUST BECAUSE OF EMOTIONS
My beloved brother in Islam, the Glorious Quran are the very words of the Lord Who Created the heavens and the earth and everything that exists in between; and the All-Mighty All-Powerful One Alone more than suffices to defend His Words!

A human being is not even capable of defending himself; how can he possibly defend something as heavy and weighty as the Very Words of his Creator! All the believers can do is strive to do justice with the knowledge of the Quran with those who try to challenge the wisdom of the Divine Words with their ignorance and, at times, their arrogance; in the hope that One Inevitable Day in the Presence of their Lord, the Quran would defend and bear witness for them and not against them!

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan