In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful,
the All-Compassionate
"May the Peace and
Blessings of Allah be Upon You"
Praise be to
Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from
the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides
will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can
guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness
that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala
Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
16. Botany: Plants have male and female
PLANTS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE
Previously, humans did not know that plants too have male and
female gender distinctions.
Botany states that every plant has a male and female gender.
Even the plants that are unisexual have distinct elements of both male and
female.
“‘And has sent down water from the sky.’ With it have We
produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.â€
Quran(20:53)
17. Botany: Fruit have male and female
FRUITS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE
“And fruit of every kind He made in pairs, two and two.â€
Quran (13:3)
Fruit is the end product of reproduction of the superior plants. The stage
preceding fruit is the flower, which has male and female
organs (stamens and ovules). Once pollen has been carried to the
flower, they bear fruit, which in turn matures and frees its seed. All fruits
therefore imply the existence of male and female organs; a fact that is
mentioned in the Quran.
In certain species, fruit can come from non-fertilized flowers
(parthenocarpic fruit) e.g. bananas, certain types of pineapple, fig, orange,
vine, etc. They also have definite sexual characteristics.
18. Zoology: Animals and Birds live in communities
ANIMALS AND BIRDS LIVE IN COMMUNITIES
“There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being
that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you.â€
Quran (6:38)
Research has shown that animals and birds live in communities, i.e. they
organize, and live and work together.
19. Its the Female bee that brings food and its skill in
showing directions
THE BEE AND
ITS SKILL
“And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on
trees, and in (mens) habitations; then to eat of all the produce (of the
earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord.â€
Quran (16:68-69)
Von-Frisch received the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his research on the behaviour
and communication of the bees. The bee, after discovering any new garden or
flower, goes back and tells its fellow bees the exact direction and map to
get there, which is known as ‘bee dance’. The meanings of this insects
movements that are intended to transmit information between worker bees have
been discovered scientifically using
photography and other methods.
The Quran mentions in the above verses how the bee with its
skill, finds the spacious paths of its Lord.
The gender used for the bee in the above verses is the female gender (fasluki
and kuli), indicating that the bee that leaves its home for gathering food is
a female bee. In other words the soldier or worker bee is a female bee.
In fact, in Shakespeare’s play, ‘Henry the Fourth’, some of the
characters speak about bees and mention that the bees are soldiers and that
they have a king. That is what people thought in Shakespearean times. They
thought that the worker bees are male bees and they go home and are
answerable to a king bee. This, however, is not true. The worker bees are
females and they do not report to a king bee but to a queen
bee.
But it took modern investigations in the last 300 years to
discover this.
20.
Lifestyle and communication of Ants
LIFESTYLE AND
COMMUNICATION OF ANTS
“And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts – of Jinns and men and birds,
and they were all kept in
order and ranks. “At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one
of the ants said : ‘O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and
his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it.’â€
Quran (27:17-18)
In the past, some people would have probably mocked at the Quran, taking it
to be a book of fairy tales in which ants talk to each other and communicate
sophisticated messages.
In recent times however, research has shown us several facts about
the lifestyle of ants, which were not known earlier to humankind.
Research has shown that the animals or insects whose lifestyle
is closest in resemblance to the lifestyle of human beings are the ants.
This can be seen from the following findings regarding ants:
(a) The ants bury their dead in a manner similar to the humans.
(b) They have a sophisticated system of division of labour,
whereby they have managers, supervisors, foremen, workers, etc.
(c)Once in a while they meet among themselves to have a ‘chat’.
They have an advanced method communication among themselves.
(d)They hold regular ‘markets’ where they exchange goods.
(e)They store grain for long periods in winter and if the grain
begins to bud, they cut the roots, as if they understand that if they leave
it to grow, it will rot.
(f)If the grain stored by them gets wet due to rains, they take
it out into the sunlight to dry, and once dry, they take it back inside as
though they know that humidity will cause development of root systems which
will cause the grain to rot.
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