Surah 71. Nuh, Ayah 11

Lit.,"He will let loose the sky over you with abundance" (but see also note [76] on {ll:52}).

They had perhaps been suffering from drought or famine. If they had taken the message in the right way, the rain would have been a blessing to them. They took it in the wrong way, and the rain was a curse to them, for it flooded the country and drowned the wicked generation. In the larger Plan, it was a blessing all the same; for it purged the world, and gave it a new start, morally and spiritually.