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The Story of life
Image courtesy of Ahmed Iqbal: http://alhafeez.org/iqbal/default.htm
Written and Illustrated
By
Soumy Ana
(Sha'ban 1421 - November 2000)
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Sunni Waqf Book
This morning, men departed by camel-back for the
desert of Nafud, in the eastern part of Arabia. Waali and I
joined them. Waali had never seen this part of the desert
before; that’s why his grandfather had taken us along with him.
The dunes were like a sea rippling along large areas of
graveled lands. Waali thought about the life in the desert; he
thought that the life here was like the stunted type of sorghum
that was grown in the sands. It was a miracle of life, but a
harsh one!
He often picked up his Qur’an and slowly recited Surah 16,
known as Surah An-Nahl (The Bee):
Allah has created the heaven and the earth with truth.
He has created man from a drop of semen, then behold,
this same man becomes an open opponent.
And the cattle, He has created them for you; in them
there is warmth (from fur), and numerous benefits, and
of them you eat.
And wherein is beauty for you, when you bring them
home in the evening, and as you lead them forth to
pasture in the morning.
And they carry loads to a land that you could not reach
except with great trouble to yourselves. Truly, your
Lord is full of Kindness, Most Merciful.
He it is Who sends down water (rain) from the sky;
from it you drink and from it (grows) the vegetation on
which you send your cattle to pasture.
With it He causes to grow for you the crops, the olives,
the date-palms, the grapes, and every kind of fruit.
Verily! In this is indeed an evident proof and a
manifest sign for people who give thought.
And He has subjected to you the night and the day, the
sun and the moon; and the stars are subjected by His
command. Surely, in this are proofs for people who
understand.
And whatsoever He has created for you on this earth of
varying colors (botanical life and zoological life).
Verily! In this is a sign for people who remember.
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