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An-Nur 24:44

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يُقَلِّبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ

Allāh alternates the night and the day. Indeed in that is a lesson for those who have vision.

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Mufti Muhammad Shafi

مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَاFrom the sky mountains (of clouds) having hail in them - 43.

Here the word سَمَاء is purported for clouds, and Jibal جِبَالٍ (mountains) for big masses of clouds, while hails are called Barad.

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