Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
· Lesson 1221 of 1251
Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1220) | Balance in God Almighty’s creation of environments
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The balance in Allah’s creation of the various environments.
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Allah the Exalted created the environment in a state of balance.
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He established the universe upon this very balance.
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It is humanity that corrupts it.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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"And the earth We have spread out and cast therein firm mountains,"
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"And caused to grow therein every balanced thing."
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Until He says:
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“And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure.” (15:21)
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“And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure.” (15:21)
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"He, glory be to Him, gave everything its creation, then guided it."
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He arranged all creatures in a wondrous order.
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At the top of the food chain, for example,
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are the carnivores,
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followed by the herbivores.
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At the bottom, you find those that consume worms and insects.
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If, through ignorance and injustice, man were to eliminate any part of this,
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other parts would become imbalanced and proliferate uncontrollably.
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When the Chinese eliminated the birds that fed on grain,
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thinking that this would save their crops,
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worms multiplied and destroyed the harvest.
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And when the Americans eliminated the wolves,
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deer populations surged and devoured all the green foliage they could find in the forests.
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They were forced to import wolves from Canada.
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Any human attempt to alter that ecological system,
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such as eliminating one of the layers of the food chain,
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must inevitably lead to imbalance and corruption, as previously mentioned.