Abu Fauzi
Junior Member
Salaam everyone,
Sometimes we complain about the cost of food or its availability, but we hardly reflect on the origin, meaning and significance of food, its bearing on sustaining human existence, Nations political fortunes and future of Mankind. In this regard, let us reflect some verses/Ayats of the Holy Qur'an, namely Surat Abasa, verses 24-32 (80:24-320), where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says:--
"LET MAN, THEN CONSIDER [the sources of] HIS FOOD:
[how it is] THAT WE POUR DOWN WATER, POURING IT
DOWN ABUNDANTLY; AND THEN WE CLEAVE THE EARTH
[with new growth], CLEAVING IT ASUNDER, AND THEREUPON
WE CAUSE GRAIN TO GROW OUT OF IT, AND VINES AND EDIBLE
PLANTS, AND OLIVE TREES AND DATE-PALMS, AND GARDENS
DENSE WITH FOLIAGE, AND FRUITS AND HERBAGE, FOR YOU
AND FOR YOUR ANIMALS TO ENJOY".
In these verses, we appreciate the story of food, the provision of which is carefully planned by the Hand which created man. Man plays no role in any of its stages....even the seeds and grains he casts on the earth are not of his making but that of God Almighty....
Sometimes we complain about the cost of food or its availability, but we hardly reflect on the origin, meaning and significance of food, its bearing on sustaining human existence, Nations political fortunes and future of Mankind. In this regard, let us reflect some verses/Ayats of the Holy Qur'an, namely Surat Abasa, verses 24-32 (80:24-320), where Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says:--
"LET MAN, THEN CONSIDER [the sources of] HIS FOOD:
[how it is] THAT WE POUR DOWN WATER, POURING IT
DOWN ABUNDANTLY; AND THEN WE CLEAVE THE EARTH
[with new growth], CLEAVING IT ASUNDER, AND THEREUPON
WE CAUSE GRAIN TO GROW OUT OF IT, AND VINES AND EDIBLE
PLANTS, AND OLIVE TREES AND DATE-PALMS, AND GARDENS
DENSE WITH FOLIAGE, AND FRUITS AND HERBAGE, FOR YOU
AND FOR YOUR ANIMALS TO ENJOY".
In these verses, we appreciate the story of food, the provision of which is carefully planned by the Hand which created man. Man plays no role in any of its stages....even the seeds and grains he casts on the earth are not of his making but that of God Almighty....
