A glimpse into the Life of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih III — Page 22
Another example quoted by Huzur is that when it rains on farms, certain crops may be destroyed whilest others remain unaffected. Now according to the common concept of nature, the farms had the same downpour of rain but for certain crops, God Almighty created a shield and protected them from destructioa As such, the laws of nature were subjected to Divine decree. Huzur takes a walk in his garden everyday. I have been a witness to Huzur's close scrutiny of some rose bushes. as if. for a long time, Huzur was marvelling at its extreme beauty in its apparent weakness. He is such an avid enthusiast of nature that once he came to learn that a tenant had cut all trees at the house. Huzur was deeply aggrieved to learn about this. Huzur said that quite apart from their national and scenic values, Islam had for- bidden the choi:- ·ping down of trees. When the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was about to enter a battle one of his instructions were that trees should not be molested and that whichever territory is won, the res- ponsibility for safeguarding the trees shall be on the victors. Huzur loves flowers and in particular the rose. He is a I keen gardener and engages in this pastime everyday. In his house there are numerous varieties of roses and he closely supervises these plants. On one of his lands, he has planted an orchard of various kinds of fruit trees. He says that the Holy Quran speaks of gardens having every speoies of trees and as such he wishes to experiment growing them in his garden. Quite apart from the greeneries, he is very knowledgable about horses, other animals and the bee. He can keep the most learned expert on these subjects utterly amazed with his mastery of these topics. 22