Araf 10
10 – AND WE ESTABLISHED YOU IN CONTROL OF THE EARTH, AND WE MADE YOUR LIVELIHOOD THEREIN, BUT SELDOM DO YOU THANK.
Allah the Highest put man on Earth and made all there is in it to serve him, and put him in control of every thing there is in it. “HE IS WHO MADE ALL THERE IS ON EARTH FOR YOUR SERVICE”. (S: 22 A: 65)
Indeed, both the sun and the moon are there to serve mankind. “AND HE DEDICATED THE NIGHT AND THE DAY AND THE SUN AND THE MOON”. (S: 16 A: 12)
Without the Sun, there would be no light or warmth on earth. The Moon gives us light at night among its other benefits to mankind. There is no doubt that mankind has a special status among Allah’s creation, to put him in charge of so much and to give him control over all of the Earth as God’s viceroy. Allah the Highest said: “AND WE HONOURED THE CHILDREN OF ADAM, AND WE CARRIED THEM ON LAND AND SEA, AND PROVIDED THEM OF ALL GOOD AND PURE THINGS AND FAVOURED THEM A GREAT DEAL OVER MANY OF WHAT WE CREATED”. (S: 17 A: 70)
We are the only ones of Allah’s creation that Allah the Highest placed in control of every thing on the Earth, and allowed us to use every thing there is on earth, on land and sea, on and under its surface. We can use it all for our livelihood. Allah the Highest gave us the means to use it all, the most important of all, is the mind that thinks and invents, without which we would not have been able to use all these provisions and gifts.
In fact, there is no way that we can count Allah’s bounties to us, yet we are seldom thankful. “AND IF YOU TRY TO COUNT THE BOUNTIES OF ALLAH, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COUNT THEM, BUT MAN IS MOST UNGRACIOUS AND MOST UNGRATEFUL”. (S: 14 A: 34)
We take what Allah the Highest has given us for granted. As if, it should have been there. We are never thankful for the air we breath, or the water we drink, the food we eat etc. Should their amounts diminish on Earth, we will have great difficulties, and might perish. Without all these bounties, life would be impossible on the Earth.
The problems we have with the environment now, of global warming, rising sea levels, carbon dioxide rising in the atmosphere and thinning of the Ozone layer, pollution in general all of which adversely affect our life on earth, are due to our abuse of the resources Allah the Highest has given us on Earth. There is enough to sustain good life on the Earth, if we use the minds Allah the Highest have given us and manage the Earth’s resources wisely. However, our greed and short sight ruins life for us and for other species on the Earth, the planet Allah the Highest has given us to live on. We manage the Resources Allah the Highest gave us and the other creatures on Earth very unwisely. A number of species became extinct every day, and if things go on this way, our turn will surely come.
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