nature educational guide- part 1
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Nature Educational Guide First Part
Eng. Seena Zarie 1
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The objective of this presentation is to show Some Values benefited from
Natural Creatures and Link them to our life.
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Allah, the Exalted, wants us to think in all creatures in sky and earth. Allah Says, "Observe what is in the sky and earth” (Yunus 101). Our aim of this thinking is to increase our Faith in Allah and increase our knowledge about Allah’s names and Attributes.
Natural creatures have many values which can be educated by educators – like parents and teachers - to those who are educated by them. This presentation will help to think about these different values.
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1) WATER BODIES
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Water Bodies Water Bodies are like seas, oceans, lakes and so on. There are
many values which can benefited from these creatures:
- These creatures are great favors from Allah which we should always thank Allah for it. Imagine that there are no water bodies on earth. How people will survive? These water bodies are essential for continuity of human life on earth. - The greatness of Allah in creating such seas and oceans. When you see huge ships in oceans, you will find them as small black points in big white body. Greatness of these creatures shows greatness of who create them.
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Cont. / Water Bodies - We can also realize Vast knowledge of Allah. Who can count the number of Water droplets in these oceans? Who can count the number of creatures in these oceans? No one expect Allah which shows vast knowledge of Allah.
- When the water is pure and clean, people like to enjoy seeing its beauty, but when it is dirty, people don’t like to come near to it. This concept applies to humans also. If we want others to like us, our heart and body should be pure and clean. This is what Islam ensure and advise people to follow always.
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- One of things which can be realized in seas is the foam which is the white thing happening on the end of tidal movement. It is really marvelous and beautiful at the same time. We can also remember what Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: “Who ever says Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi (Allah is free from imperfection and His is the praise)' one hundred times a day, his sins will be obliterated even if they are equal to the extent of the foam of the ocean.'‘ [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. - Water Pollution is one of the biggest problems which we are facing nowadays. We should remember that human is the main cause of this problem, so we should always think to be part of solution to reduce pollution and not part of problem.
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- These large oceans and seas are finally a collection of small droplets gathered together. In our life, if we worked in a team, we can produce more than individuals. Team Work is always power if it follows its success rules.
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- On the other hand, we can benefit also from these droplets that we should take care about small sins. These small sins can be gathered and may lead to destruction of the person as the prophet (Peace be upon him) said.
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2) RAIN
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Many people like rain and many of them follow up news to know when rain will fall. There many values which can benefited from it:
Rain
- Allah is the only one who knows when the rain will fall. Whatever people do to predict when the rain will fall with latest equipment, it will not be sure since the matter is with Allah only. Allah says: “Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). It is He Who sends down rain” (Luqman 34). - Rain is a mercy from Allah and we should thank Allah for it. Imagine that rain stopped for long time, what are the results? Allah says: “He is the One that sends down rain (even) after (men) have given up all hope, and scatters His Mercy (far and wide). And He is the Protector, Worthy of all Praise” (Ash-Shura -28)
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Cont. / Rain - On the other hand, rains can make disasters and this happens usually because of humans sins or it can be test from Allah to see the reaction of people, so we should always repent to Allah and be patient when any disaster happens. - When the rain falls, it one of the best time for supplication. Also, there are some supplications which Prophet (Peace be upon him) was repeating while raining like “We have had a rainfall due to the Grace and Mercy of Allah” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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- One of the best ways for muslim to ask for rain is lot of seeking forgiveness. Allah says: “And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him (in repentance): He will send you the skies pouring abundant rain, and add strength to your strength: so turn ye not back in sin" (Hood 52). - On the other hand, one of the causes for preventing rains is sins and specially preventing Zakat. The prophet (Peace be upon him) said: “And those who prevent Zakat will be prevented from rain” (Ibn-Majah).
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- If the rain didn’t fall in its normal time, Muslim should increase supplication and also can perform (Al-Istesqa) prayer. - As rain cleans many things like trees and buildings, there are some worships which clean person from sins and it is related also to water. The most famous worship is Ablutions (Wudu'). The Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) said, “Who performs the Wudu' perfectly (i.e., according to Sunnah), his sins will depart from his body, even from under his nails.'‘ [Muslim].
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3) AIR
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There are some values which can be benefited from air like:
Air
- Air is one of the greatest favor from Allah. Without air, all creatures won’t be able to live or survive. - People like pure air and similarly, people like others which have pure heart without any bad morals.
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- People like pure cold air more. Similarly, people with high morals are liked more by others.
- Air pollution is one of the biggest problems which human is facing. This problem is caused by humans themselves, so we should always seek to be part of solution to reduce this kind of pollution and not part of the problem.
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- One of the good things is that air is not owned by anyone and nobody can control it, otherwise all people will suffer. This needs great thank to Allah.
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- Another great favor is air breathing which we need also to thank Allah for it. If we want to know the value of this favor, we can see people who has difficulty in breathing or perform breathing with help of equipment.
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4) WIND
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Wind is very similar to Air. Difference is that wind causes things to move more than air. Many values can be common between
wind and air.
Wind
- Supplication while wind Blowing: Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: Whenever the wind blew strongly, The Prophet (Peace Be upon him) would say: "O Allah, I beg of You its good and the good of that which it contains and the good of the purpose for which it has been sent; and I seek Your Refuge from its evil and the evil of that which it contains and the evil of the purpose for which it has been sent.'‘ [Muslim].
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- Wind is one of Allah soldiers. It can destroy complete villages if Allah instructed it to do that. This happened in history like what happened with prophet Hood folk (Aad). - Type of wind is related to the season which is coming in. In summer, it is expected to have hot winds and in winters, it is expected to have cold wind. For people, what is coming out of the person reflects what is inside him, so if someone carries good things in his heart, the output of him will be good and opposite is true also.
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- One of things related to wind is its speed. The faster speed of the wind, the more dangerous things can happen. For us, the faster we do good things, The more rewards we get from Allah and the faster we do bad things, the more punishment we get from Allah. - Nothing can stand against strong winds except hard & solid things like mountains and big trees. Whoever wants to stand against challenges and obstacles in his life, he should have solid positive values.
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5) SUN
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One of the greatest creature which we see and realize every day is Sun. Many values can be benefited from this great creature:
Sun
- Sun is great favor from Allah and we should continuously thank Allah for this favor. Imagine that we live without sun, how our life will look like? - We can notice great wisdom of Allah in the size of the sun and the amount of heat that reaches earth. If the size of the sun was little bit smaller or bigger or the amount of heat was little bit less or more, our life was missed up totally.
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Cont. / Sun - We can notice also great creativity of Allah in creating this creature. We can notice that clearly from huge number of pictures taken for this creature. - Sun light differs through out the day. It starts weakly then it becomes very strong at the middle of the day then starts to be weak gradually until sunset. Human life is same also. It starts weak then becomes strong then becomes weak until death. This is as Allah said: “It is Allah Who created you in a state of (helpless) weakness, then gave (you) strength after weakness, then, after strength, gave (you weakness and a hoary head: He creates as He wills, and it is He Who has all knowledge and power” (Arroom-54)
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- Sunrise means new day which means new chance for us to perform and produce good things.
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- The sun illuminate the way for us as well as positive people do. they show others good things and warn them from bad things, but this showing should be in good way; otherwise; people will wish these people disappear quickly as they wish for the strongly shiny sun.
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- Sun provides many benefits for all creatures like heat & light. We should think always to provide beneficial things to others; otherwise; these creatures will be better than us!! - One of the nice things to discuss is the Quran verses and prophet sayings about sun.
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- It is very important to realize that the most important worship which is prayer is much related to sun in order to decide the exact timing of it. Timing of three prayers are related to sun which are Zuhr, Asr and Maghrib prayers. - There are some other worships which are related to sun also. One of them is what is mentioned in this prophet saying: “Whoever prays Al-Fajr in congregation then sets until sunrise remembering Allah then prays two Rak`ah, he will get complete reward of performing haj and omarah” [At-Tirmidhi].
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6) MOON
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Moon is mentioned usually with sun, so some values mentioned for sun can be repeated. Other values which can benefited are:
Moon
- Moon is not self lighted. Sun light is what makes us see the moon. The same concept applies in our life. There are some people with good abilities but not shown. These people needs other positive people to show them. - The moon passes through different stages through out Hijri month. It starts with crescent then becomes bigger until being as full-moon in the middle of the month then it starts becoming smaller until ending with crescent at the end of the month. It is same as human life (Starting weak, becoming strong then gradually weak until death).
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- Moon is related with night as sun is related to daytime. We will not take care of moon if it appeared on daytime because its importance is at night. The same applies to people where everyone is important in his position and specialization. This leads us also to know our abilities and skills in order to know where to make benefits of them; otherwise; we will not be productive since we will be in wrong places. - Some important worships are related with moon especially in knowing the timing of them. The most important are fasting and Haj since people look for crescent to know beginning and ending of related month (Ramadan & Dhul-Hijjah).
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- One of the worships which is related to moon also is fasting three days of Hijri month and this has huge rewards. The Messenger of Allah (Peace be Upon Him) said, "Observing Saum (fasting) on three days of every month is equivalent to a full month's fasting'‘. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. - One Surat in Quran is called (Al-Qamar) and Allah swear with this creature (Moon) many times and this means that this creature is great.
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- Moon is great favor from Allah and we should always thank Allah for it. There are many natural phenomena related to moon like tides and without moon many disturbances can be happen on earth. - Moon is related to Day of Resurrection (Al-Qeyama). We should know that a great event happened on prophet (peace be upon him) period which is split of the moon and this is considered as small signs of the Hour, so we should always repent from our sins since the Day of Resurrection is become nearer.
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