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sometimes in great thick clusters. If the latter construction is adopted, the reference would be to the fact that datepalm
(and palms generally) and some other plants arise out of a single tap-root, while the majority of trees arise out of
a net-work of roots that spread out extensively. Here is adaptation to soil and water conditions,-another Sign or
wonder of Creation. (13.4)
1807 The date-palm, the crops of food-grains, and the grape-vine are all fed by the same kind of water, yet how different the
harvests which they yield! And that applies to all vegetation. The fruit or eatable produce may vary in shape, size,
colour, flavour, etc., in endless variety. (13.4)
15:45 - The righteous (will be) amid Gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water).
19:86 - And We shall drive the sinners to Hell like thirsty cattle driven down to water 2528
2528 Note the contrast between the saved and the doomed. The one march with dignity like honoured ones before a king,
and the other rush in anguish to their punishment like a herd of cattle driven down by thirst to their watering place.
Note the metaphor of the water. They rush madly for water but are plunged into the Fire! (19.86)
21:30 - Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one
unit of Creation) before We clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will
they not then believe? 26902691
2690 The evolution of the ordered worlds as we see them is hinted at. As man's intellectual gaze over the physical world
expands, he sees more and more how Unity is the dominating note in Allah's wonderful Universe. Taking the solar
system alone, we know that the maximum intensity of sun-spots corresponds with the maximum intensity of magnetic
storms on this earth. The universal law of gravitation seems to bind all mass together. Physical facts point to the
throwing off of planets from vast quantities of diffused nebular matter, of which the central condensed core is a sun.
(21.30)
2691 About 72 per cent, of the surface of our Globe is still covered with water, and it has been estimated that if the
inequalities on the surface were all levelled, the whole surface would be under water, as the mean elevation of land
sphere-level would be 7,000- 10,000 feet below the surface of the ocean. This shows the predominance of water on
our Globe. That all life began in the water is also a conclusion to which our latest knowledge in biological science
points. Apart from the fact that protoplasm, the original basis of living matter, is liquid or semi-liquid and in a state of
constant flux and instability, there is the fact that land animals, like the higher vertebrates, including man, show, in
their embryological history, organs like those of fishes, indicating the watery origin of their original habitat. The
constitution of protoplasm is about 80 to 85 per cent of water. (21.30)
22:19 - These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord: but those who deny (their
Lord) for them will be cut out a garment of Fire: over their heads will be poured out boiling
water. 2792
2792 Two antagonists: i.e., parties of antagonists, viz., Men of Faith, who confess their Lord and seek to carry out His Will,
and Men who deny their Lord and defy His Will. (22.19)
23:18 - And We send down water from the sky according to (due) measure and We cause it to soak
in the soil; and We certainly are able to drain it off (with ease). 2878
2878 Normally the rain comes well distributed; it soaks into the soil; the moisture is retained for a long time in all high
grounds; it soaks and penetrates through many layers of soil and forms the architecture of physical geography; the
retentive powers of higher soil enable rivers to flow perennially even where, as in India, the rainfall is seasonal and
confined to a few months in the year. Another form in which water comes down from the sky according to due
measure is in snow and hail: these also have their place in the economy of air and soil. Were it not for snow and
glaciers in the higher mountain regions, some of the rivers would fail in their abundant flow. As wonderful as the
supply of water and moisture is its drainage. It retums to the sea and air in all sorts of ways, and the formation of mist
and clouds repeats the cycle. Were it not for the drainage and the clearance of the waters, we should have floods and
waterlogging, as happens when the normal processes of nature are temporarily obstructed. The same thing happens
when the rain comes down in other than due measure. These abnormal conditions also have their value. But how
grateful should man be for Allah's gifts in the ceaseless processes of nature on such an enormous scale! (23.18)
24:45 - And Allah has created every animal from water: of them there are some that creep on their
bellies; some that walk on two legs; and some that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills:
for verily Allah has power over all things. 302130223023
3021 Cf. xxi. 30, n. 2691. Protoplasm is the basis of all living matter, and "the vital power of protoplasm seems to depend
on the constant presence of water". (24.45)
3022 The creeping things include worms and lowly forms of animal life as well as reptiles (like snakes), centipedes, spiders,
and insects. Where these have legs they are small, and the description of creeping or crawling is more applicable to
them than that of walking. Fishes and sea-animals generally cannot be said to walk: their swimming is like "creeping
on their bellies". Two-legged animals include birds and man. Most of the mammals walk on four legs. This includes
the whole of the animal world. (24.45)
3023 In Allah's Will and Plan, the variety of forms and habits among animals is adapted to their various modes of life and
stages of biological development. (24.45)
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