The Quran mentions two types of heavy storms or hurricanes:[i]
A Storm That Can Break Everything
“Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into the sea another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind (Kaasefan) and drown you for what you denied? Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger.?”[ii]
The word “Kaasefan” means a heavy gale of wind, hurricane, fierce storm or raging tempest. This is a wind that can pull down things in its path such as trees, wooden houses and so on.
A Storm That Can Destroy Everything
“Then, when they saw it as a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they said: “This is a cloud bringing us rain!” Nay, but it is that which you were asking to be hastened: a storm wind wherein is a painful punishment. Which will destroy everything by its Lord’s command. In the morning there was nothing to see except their (ruined) dwellings…”[iii]
This is equivalent to hurricanes of 4th and 5th degree.
Things To Do:
- In your Science Journal, write about the two types of Hurricanes mentioned in the Quran.
[i] http://debatewithatheist.blogspot.com/2011/06/story-of-creation-12-winds-storms.html
[ii] Surah Al Isra 17:69
[iii] Surah Al Ahqaf 46:24-25
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