سورة النازعات

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Indeed, when Allah the Blessed and Exalted sent down Adam (peace be upon him) to the earth, the heavens were closed and never rained anything, and the earth was closed and grew no plant. When Allah the Mighty and Majestic accepted the repentance of Adam (peace be upon him), He commanded the heaven, and it rained down drops of rain, and He commanded it to loosen the mouth of its waterskin and pour down; then He commanded the earth, and it grew trees and brought forth fruits and made rivers gush forth. That was their being closed, and this was their being opened.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): The sky was closed and did not send down rain, and the earth was closed and did not sprout seeds of vegetation. Then, when Allah the Blessed and Exalted created people and spread every kind of animal upon the earth, He opened the sky to pour down rain and the earth to sprout seeds.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The earth was closed and had no openings for vegetation, and the sky did not rain upon it so that plants would grow. So Allah opened the sky with rain, and the earth with vegetation.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): And He raised its mountains like breasts above its plains, and drove their foundations into all its regions, and set them in their appointed places, and made the peaks of those mountains very lofty, and made their hills wide and long, and made them pillars of the earth, and fixed them firm in it like pegs, and it ceased from movement so that it would not shake its inhabitants, nor swallow up what it bears, nor be displaced from its place. And the great, heavy mountains — He set them upright in the places where they were to stand, and fixed them in their resting places; so the tops of those mountains rose into the air, and their bases sank into the water. Thus He brought the mountains out from the level plains, and drove their foundations into whatever parts of the earth was necessary, and raised their summits and lengthened their heights, and made them as a support for their earth, and fixed them firmly in it like pegs. So the earth, with the movement that belongs to it, became stilled, so that it could not shake its inhabitants, or spill what it carries on its back, or shift from its place.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The clouds descended, rubbed their chests upon the earth, and cast down what they carried on their backs, so that in the barren parts of the earth various plants began to grow. And from the bare mountains it caused firewood and shrubs to sprout; and they became joyful with the adornment of their gardens, and took pride in the earrings of blossoms with which they were clothed, as well as the adornment of the fresh flowers with which they were beautified. And He made this a provision for people and sustenance for animals.