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Holy Quran and Botany |
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| Quran has revealed
absolute facts about the subject of botany in its true
perspective some 1400 years ago. This can be a fruit of thought
for us. |
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| Surrah Al-An'âm
- THE CATTLE - No. 6- Verse:99 |
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| It is He who has created you
out of a single life-cell (4/1). In the process of evolution,
life pauses for a while until it acquires the capacity to
reach a higher plane to which it is entrusted for further
development. Thus We have made Our plans clear to those who
are thoughtful. verse 99 |
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| Surrah Al-Hijr
- STONELAND - No. 15- Verse:19-20 |
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| The earth is also one of the planets
which has been spread out and revolves nevertheless (31/10).
Mountains are fixed therein and everything is caused to grow
from it in a nicely balanced manner and it provides sustenance
for you and for those who do not depend on you for sustenance.
verse
19-20 |
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| Surrah
Ar-Ra'd - THE THUNDER - No.13- Verse:4 |
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On
the earth there are neighbouring tracts with gardens of grapes
and corn and palm - trees, single or clustered. They are irrigated
with the same water yet some of them are more tasteful than
the others. In these also there are signs for those who care
to understand. verse
4
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| Surrah
TâHâ -TA-HA - No.20-
Verse:53 |
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He is the One Who
has stored means of nourishment for all of you everywhere
on this spacious earth; made and traced out ways for your
movements; and sends down water from the sky and with which
He grows various vegetation and plants. verse
53 |
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| Surrah
Al-Hajj -THE PILGRIMAGE - No.22-
Verse:5 |
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(These
people adopt this attitude because they assume that life exists
only in this world and that it ends with death; and for them
success lies in collecting as much wealth as possible through
any possible means.)
Tell them, "If you are
in doubt about (the truth of) life after death, because such
a phenomenon does not (outwardly) appear feasible, just ponder
the fact how We initiated your creation out of inorganic matter.
(Thereafter with the mixture of water, the first life cell
appeared. Life then passed though various phases of development
until it reached a stage where augmentation took place by
procreation. Pregnancy takes place in the mother's womb; then
life takes the form of a suspended leech; an embryonic lump
is formed, which is complete in some forms yet incomplete
in others. It passes through all these stages so that the
latent potentialities in the embryo are gradually developed
~ 23:13.) Then We cause the fetus to stay in the mother's
womb for a certain period according to Our Law, after which
it appears in this world as an infant. Then you gradually
grow up and reach the age of maturity (16:70). Some of you
die in the prime of youth, while some become so old that in
that reduced state of mind you start forgetting things which
once you knew so well."(This
is an example of the intrinsic evolutionary process. Now consider
the outside world and reflect over land that is lying dry
and barren with no sign of life and growth. When rain falls
over it, it becomes verdant and gradually brings forth a world
of beautiful greenery. This dead land thus becomes a world
of marvellous scenery.) verse
5 |
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| Surrah
Ar-Ra'd - THE THUNDER - No.13- Verse:
3 |
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It is He who has stretched
out the earth and set thereon firm mountains and rivers to
flow and has caused fruits to grow in pairs. The sun and the
moon so move that the night gradually covers the day. In all
these, there are signs for those who care to reflect. verse
3
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| Surrah
Al-An'âm - THE CATTLE -
No. 6 - Verse: 95 |
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And Allah Almighty will say: “You
have left behind all that was yours e.g. all that you possessed
and your intercessors whom you assumed would help you in your
affairs. Indeed, all your ties have been severed and you have
come to us all alone with your individuality with which you
were created and all your fancies would
have forsaken you.” Verse:
95 |
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| Surrah
YâSîn - YA-SEEN -
No.36 - Verse: 36 |
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(Be firm in the conviction
that if you follow His laws such results are bound to accrue.
Do not ever think that things would not happen the way God
says they will.) He is far above doing that. Do you not see
how the various vegetations grow from the earth as per His
Laws of Nature? If you work according to the laws and methods
established by Him, the same results are always achieved.
Your own procreation occurs according to His Laws of Nature;
and so does the creation of other things about which you have
no knowledge at present. verse
36 |
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