Comprehensive Study of Islamic Texts with regards to Environmental Conservation
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
Environmental conservation is the subject of concern especially in the present times where the extent of pollution has increased exponentially. Man, in his greed to earn more of the material benefits has forsaken and ignorednature, which has drastically affected the ecosystem and caused huge harm to the ecological balance. Our distortions to environment, has affected both biotic and abiotic components. Where on one side excessive deforestation and limited a-forestation has led to erosions, floods and increase in the carbon compounds in troposphere; on the other hand it has equally caused an imbalance in the animal life dragging them to the category of endangered and even extinct species. God had created this world with a balance as is mentioned in Quran, “Verily all things have We created by measure”(54:49). But it is we mortal beings who have been acting as consumers and ripping the environment off its natural resources. At such a juncture where The ultimate consumer (man) has unleashed all his desires and exploited everything around him, only belief in God can restrict him from unbridled exploitation of the very creation of God. Here I intend to dig in deeper and analyse Islamic Texts with regards to conservation of Environment and it is an attempt to revisit Man and Environment relationship and connect with the surrounding we are a part of. The structure of my entire paper contains following subjects: Introduction of the Cosmic balance in the Islamic texts, Role of religion in developing the consciousness, and our relation with earth, Description of natural elements in Quran, Rain a source of life and its comparison to revelation, Relation between environment and humans, importance of environmental preservation for human existence, Important lessons from the life of Prophet Muhammad for conservation of resources.
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Zaira Ashraf Khan
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