Approaching the West — Page 147
A pproaching the West—147 Benevolent, Wise and All-Powerful Creator is worthy of our worship. The following are some of the natural Signs. Plains, mountains and rivers (13:4, 21:32); diverse tracts adjoining one another (13:5); winds as bearers of glad tidings (13:47); lightening and rain (30:25); dead land revived with water descending down from the clouds (57:18)—And the dead earth is a Sign for them: We quicken it and bring forth therefrom grain, gardens of date-palms and grapes, and We have caused springs to gush forth therein (36:34-35); crops and fruits of all kind (6:100); trees and pastures (16:11); things growing out of the earth in varying colors (16:14); various kinds of vegetations (20:54-55); gardens of vines, corn-fields, and date-palms, growing together from one root and others not so growing, being watered with the same water and yet some of them excelling others in fruits (13:5); intoxicating drinks and wholesome fruits (16:68); all sorts of animals (42:30); domesticated animals—the cattle, horses, mules and asses (16:6-9); honeybees (16:69); birds (16:80); sea, fish and pearls (16:15); creation of the universe from a closed up mass (21:31); water as the source of all forms of life (21:31); creation of humans from dust (elements of the earth) and passing through evolutionary stages (30:21); creation of the two opposite sexes (13:4); creating of spouses to find peace of mind, and putting the emotions of love and tenderness in between them (30:22); procreation from an insignificant drop of fluid (16:5); diversity of tongues and colors among human races (30:23); sleep and death (39:43). Commenting on the sad situation that there are many who ignore the Signs of All ā h as evidence of a Creator, the Holy Qur’ ā n declares,