Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 50
The Ecosystem 49 from the earth. (S u rah N uh ; Ch. 71: V. 18) Here, addressing man, God categorically declares the birth and growth of man to have taken place through the same processes as are covered by the word Nabat a t, meaning vegetative growth. Mountains We will now look at S u rah al -H ijr verse 20 again, along with verses 11 and 12 of S u rah Luqm a n, and see how the latter talks about the same phenomena in more detail regarding the subject under discussion. And the earth have We spread out, and set therein firmly rooted mountains and caused everything to grow therein in proper proportion. (S u rah al- H ijr; Ch. 15: V. 20) … …and He has placed in the earth firm mountains so that they may provide you with food and He has scattered therein all kinds of creatures and We have