Az-Zukhruf 43:11
"Bi-qadar" (in measure) — not arbitrary, but balanced.
وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ
He who sends down water from the sky in due proportion; and so We revive thereby a dead land. Thus you will be brought out
Az-Zukhruf 43:11 · Translation: talal-itani
Image
"Anshārnā" — from nashr, meaning **to revive by spreading out**; the same word is used for the resurrection of the dead (nushūr). One word, two images: the rain's movement of spreading and opening the soil, and the dead spreading out as they emerge from the graves. "Kadhālika tukhrajūn" (so will you be brought forth) ties the rain-and-earth scene directly to the hereafter.
Observation
Rain falling "in measure" recalls the balanced structure of the global water cycle — the atmosphere's moisture-holding capacity, temperature and rate of evaporation hold a stable equilibrium. If a single landmass continuously received too little or too much, drought or flood would follow; in the global average an order persists. The verse observes this balance and emphasizes its measure; it does not advance a scientific claim, it records the observation.
Exegesis
Al-Qurṭubī (al-Jāmiʿ li-Aḥkām al-Qurʾān) draws attention to the shared Arabic usage of "nashr" between resurrection and spreading; the verse uses the same verb in both scenes — the word choice is not incidental, it is a deliberate trace of the parallel.
Sources
Tafsīr: al-Qurṭubī · al-Jāmiʿ li-Aḥkām al-Qurʾān; al-Rāzī · Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb. Science: global water-cycle balance.