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Effects of the rain

By on Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Effects of the rain

Effects of the rain, originally uploaded by malyousif.



If only we had more rain in Bahrain, this island would truly be the Garden of Eden!

You see those small patches of green there? The whole of Bahrain’s spaces are like that, and if you venture out a little into the desert you will see wild flowers and green everywhere… all because we had a good rainfall a few weeks ago.

Water is life, I just wish we have more of it.

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  1. Yonis

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    وجعلنا من الماء كل شي حي
    صدق الله العلي العظيم

    ” […] and We made from water every thing live” (Quran, 21:30)

    سبحان الله

  2. Ash

    We’ve got plenty of it here in Britain. It’s drumming on the roof as I type. I’ll send you a bucketful if you like.

  3. Ibn

    صدق الله العلي العظيم

    Al-3ali? Curious… I dont remember that word being used in this context from my Qur’an classes…

    -Ibn

  4. mahmood

    Ash, yes please!

    Ibn, that word is indicative (somewhat) of the speaker is a Shi’i. I don’t know why the Sunnis don’t use it in this context either because there is nothing wrong with it, but they don’t – as far as I can tell.

  6. Dude

    Al-3ali, means he who is high, it has nothing to do with being Shi’i or Sunni.

  8. Ibn

    Al-3ali, means he who is high, it has nothing to do with being Shi’i or Sunni.

    I know what “Al-3ali” means, Dude, but I was wondering why it was used in that context. I agree with Mahmood, as sunnis and shias have some naunces when it comes to how to read the Qur’an.

    -Ibn

  9. A learner of Arabic

    What? I always thought you can read the book only one way and if you read it any other way you will be beheaded.

  10. Ibn

    A-learner-of-Arabic, will you become A-learner-of-Islam after you have Arabic down? 😆

    -Ibn

  11. Redbelt

    Ibn, that word is indicative (somewhat) of the speaker is a Shi’i. I don’t know why the Sunnis don’t use it in this context either because there is nothing wrong with it, but they don’t – as far as I can tell.

    Au contrair
    I am Sunni & I used it all my life. العلي القدير, العلي العظيم
    Its normal Arabic language. Everyone does.

  12. mahmood

    I could have been mistaken then.

    It was my observation (maybe flawed, I confess) that Shi’as normally say that phrase, while I seldom if ever observed the Sunnis doing so. Again, I’m not the authority on this and I stand corrected.

  13. Ibn

    Redbelt,

    I have never heard of the “3ali” being used in the phrase for closing on a sura, which is why I am inclined to believe its a shia nuance. I have always heard “Sadaqa allah al hazeem”, without the al-3ali part.(And I think the phrase used to begin reading a sura is different for shias and sunnis also).

    -Ibn

  15. A Veteran STRAYCATer BBS!

    Al-3ali in here is not a reference to Ali Bin Abi-Taleb (Karam Allah Wajheh), but is a reference to the “Man Above” i.e. Allah (SWT). Linguistically, Al-3ali means High or the Man on top of everything. It has nothing to do with Shi’ies or Sunnies and it is perfectly okay to use it.

    Further, you may wish to know that none of the Sura’s ends with “Sadaq Allah Al-Adheem”. In other words, Sadaq Allah is not part of the Quran. Go ahead and look at the Quran yourself. This is simply because Quran is words of Allah himself and since He knows that He is RIGHT, He will never end His words with “I am right”. Ending the Suras with this phrase is probably a Sunna practiced by the Nabi Mohammed (SAAWS) to reinforce, acknowledge, and register the words of Allah in our minds. BTW, I am not a Mulla and I could be wrong in my interpretations.

    You may also wish to know that Surat Al-Touba is the only Soura that dose not start with “Bism Allah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem”.

    و الله أعلم

  16. A Veteran STRAYCATer BBS!

    Please ignore the small grammar mistakes above. It is way past my bedtime.

  17. Ibn

    Further, you may wish to know that none of the Sura’s ends with “Sadaq Allah Al-Adheem”.

    I know. I remember the frustration in my younger days when I was being taught the Qur’an, and the teacher would say “ok, now youve finished, say sadaqa allah al-3azeem”. And I would say, frustrated, “where does it say that?!” Same for bismillah alrahman al raheem.

    -Ibn

  18. Barry

    To swing things back onto the greening of the desert…

    Sometimes a little rain brings a lot of life. Out in Death Valley here in California (incredibly dry… most of it is bare rock and sand), winter rain can bring fields of gold:

    http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/death-valley/carpets/IMG_0506.JPG

    Those flowers are called “Goldfields” (Lasthenia californica)

    In 2005, 6 inches of water fell there (consider that less than 2 inches is usual), making the desert bloom in a show not seen for 50 years. There was also enough water that badwater was turned into a shallow lake a faint reminder of what it used to be (22,000 years ago, the valley was an 800 foot deep lake).

  19. Mebtlsha

    :blink: more of rain!!here? in bahrain ? with its ” VERY WONDERFUL” roads & avenues? it would turned out to be( the water garden ) or another (venice):sick:
    .
    our ways still have more 100 years in order to be capable to hold a single rain drop.:cwy:

    so we should wish having more good avenues rather than rains!:biggrin:

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  21. noora

    yeaaaaayyy we have rain in DUBAI and im sooo happy..

    Thank god for the blessing rain water..

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