A Symbol of Hope not Hate

There is almost no mention of rainbows in Islamic text, save for two hadiths attributed to Ibn ‘Abbas in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 33/14, with one classified as sahih (authentic) as below, and another classified as da’īf (weak):

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ‏:‏ الْقَوْسُ‏:‏ أَمَانٌ لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ، وَالْمَجَرَّةُ‏:‏ بَابُ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِي تَنْشَقُّ مِنْهُ

Ibn ‘Abbas said, “The rainbow is security for the people of the earth that they will not be drowned. The Milky Way is the door of the heavens and forms a furrow through it.”

— Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 765