On the morning of Thursday, September 17, 2026, the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad organized a scholarly seminar titled "Years of Drought and Humidity in the Holy Quran," attended by a number of professors, researchers, and specialists. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Dr. Salar Ali Khader, a faculty member at the Center, who presented a comprehensive study of Quranic verses addressing this climatic phenomenon in both general and specific terms. He explained that the Quranic depiction of years of drought and humidity followed two main paths: the direct path, comprising verses that explicitly refer to the occurrence of such years during the eras of four prophets and messengers—Noah, Hud, Moses, and Joseph (peace be upon them); and the indirect path, involving instances inferred by exegetes from the texts, such as the drought that befell the "People of the Town" and the drought that afflicted the Quraysh tribe during the time of the Noble Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). The lecture included discussions on the exegetical and historical dimensions of these phenomena, as well as the social lessons and admonitions derived from environmental and climatic fluctuations as presented in the Quranic text.

أ.د. سالار علي خضر