Ibn Battah then went on to say: “Further evidence supporting this interpretation—that the wind is from the breath of your Lord, and that ‘breath’ here means relief and comfort—is what I heard Abū Bakr ibn al-Anbārī say: ‘The wind is called rīh because, when it blows, it generally brings comfort and ease, whereas the cessation of its blowing brings distress, sorrow, and harm. The word therefore derives from rawh (comfort). Its original form is riwh, but the wāw became a yā’ because it was unvowelled and preceded by an i-vowel.’”

Ibn Battah then said: “This is what those versed in the interpretation of the Book and the Sunnah and in the language of the Arabs have said concerning the interpretation of wind and the meaning of ‘breath’ in reference to it. In the Book of Allah Most High there is evidence that it signifies release from sorrow and relief from distress, since sorrow and anguish arise when the wind falls still