Afforestation is a guarantee of humanity

Allah Ta’ala has adorned this earth with trees and has given beauty and beauty to this planet with the greenery of forests.

Mentioning it in the Holy Qur’an, he said, meaning: “Who is it who created the heavens and the earth, and sent down water for you from the sky, and then made beautiful gardens (forests) through it, whose trees grow You didn’t have it. Is there any God other than Allah (participating in these deeds)? (No) Rather, these are the people who go astray.

These trees also prostrate before Allah Almighty as thanks for their existence and perform the ritual of worship while prostrating.

Meaning: “The stars and the trees (all) prostrate before Allah.”

Meaning: “Don’t you see that all who are in the heavens and the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the animals, and many people are prostrate before Allah.”

Similarly, in Surah Luqman, Allah Ta’ala, while mentioning His glory, said, Meaning: “Let all the trees on earth become pens and the oceans (becomes resources) which seven more oceans provide light to, even then Allah Allah’s signs (while writing) do not end, indeed! Allah is Mighty and Wise.”

In Surah Yas, Allah said while taking fuel from trees, meaning:

“It is He who created fire for you from a green tree and you light your hearths with it.”

The blessedness of trees can also be inferred from the fact that Allah Ta’ala gave an example of a sacred tree for the understanding of His light and said in Surah Noor, meaning: “Allah Ta’ala is the light of the heavens and the earth. The example of light is like a lamp placed in a niche, the lamp is fixed in a lamp, the condition of the lamp is like a star shining like a pearl, and the lamp is lighted with the oil of a blessed olive tree. Neither Eastern nor Western, whose oil ignites itself.

How many Prophets (peace be upon them) are there in whose life circumstances trees are often mentioned. When Adam, the father of all mankind, was given a place in Paradise, Allah the Almighty commanded, meaning: “Then We said to Adam (peace be upon him) that both you and your wife stay in Paradise and live here. Eat whatever you want, but do not turn to this tree, otherwise you will be counted among the wrongdoers.” Then Satan attacked them and said, meaning: “Then Satan seduced them so that their private parts were hidden from each other. were

Open to them. Satan said to them: Your Lord has prevented you from this tree for nothing but lest you become angels or attain eternal life, and he swore to them that I Yours sincerely, by deceiving in this way, he gradually brought both of them under his cover. At last, when they tasted of this tree, seventy of them opened in front of each other and they began to cover their bodies with the leaves of Paradise, then their Lord called out to them that I did not prevent you from this tree and neither did I. He said that Satan is your open enemy.

The incident of prophethood in the life of Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) is attributed to a tree which is described in the Holy Quran in these words: (Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) arrived there (as a mountain) in the blessed region on the right side of the valley. It was called from a tree: O Moses! I am Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.” When Hazrat Yunus (peace be upon him) came out of the belly of the fish, he said, meaning: “Finally, We threw them on a flat land in a very dry state and a bull came over them. The Holy Qur’an has also mentioned a tree in Sirat Tayyaba of Muhsin Insaniyat sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, meaning: “Allah was pleased with the believers when they were pledging allegiance to him under the tree, their hearts Allah Ta’ala knew their situation, so He sent down peace on them and gave them a close victory as a reward.

As you ﷺ are the Merciful of the Worlds, so you ﷺ forbade pruning trees at night and said that this is the time of rest for trees and plants.

Allah Ta’ala compared a good and excellent thing to a good tree and said in Surah Ibrahim of the Holy Qur’an, meaning: “Don’t you see with what Allah Ta’ala has given an example of Kalamat al-Taiba?” His example is like that of a virtuous tree whose roots are deep in the earth and whose branches reach up to the sky, bearing fruit every time by the command of its Lord. Allah gives these examples so that people can learn from them.

Compared to this, he gave the example of a bad thing from a tree and in the same surah he said: “And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree that is uprooted from the surface of the earth, there is no stability for it.” “

After this world, there are many examples of trees in the life of the hereafter. Referring to the thorny tree from which food will be arranged for the inmates of hell, the Holy Quran said, meaning: “Then, O false ones and deniers! You are about to eat the food of the Zakum tree, you will be filled with it, and the water that boils from above.

In another place, he said in Surah Safat, meaning: “So this banquet is good or the tree of Zakum?” We have made this tree a temptation for the wrongdoers. He is a tree that grows from the depths of hell, its branches are like the heads of devils. The people of hell will eat it and fill their stomachs with it, then boiling water will be found on it to drink.” In Surah Dukhan, describing the truth of this tree, he said: Verily! The tree of Zakum will be the sinner’s food, like the sediment of oil, in the stomach he will eat passion as boiling water eats passion, take hold of him and drag him to the benches of Hell.

May Allah protect us from this punishment. Amen

The place where the good people will be kept is borrowed from the trees and it is called Jannat i.e. gardens. Allah Almighty said in Surah Ra’ad, meaning:

“The glory of the Paradise promised to God-fearing people is that rivers flow beneath it, its fruits are eternal and its shade is eternal, this is the end of the pious people.”

What a beautiful map has been drawn of the Gardens of Paradise in Surah Rahman, meaning:

“For anyone who fears to appear before his Lord, there are two gardens for him. So, O Jinns and Humans! Which of the blessings of your Lord will you deny? Full of green beans. So, O Jinns and Humans! Which of the blessings of your Lord will you deny? Two fountains flow in both gardens. So, O Jinns and Humans! Which of the blessings of your Lord will you deny? Two varieties of each fruit in both orchards. So, O Jinns and Humans! Which of the blessings of your Lord will you deny? The people of Paradise will sit on cushions on floors covered with silk and the branches of gardens will be laden with fruit. So, O Jinns and Humans! Which of the blessings of your Lord will you deny?

The Qur’an and the collections of hadiths are full of mentions of gardens within Paradise, their fruits, the taste of those fruits and the fragrances emanating from them for miles around.

Islam is the religion of nature and trees, gardens and forests are the manifestation of nature. Geologists say that if there are three trees for one person, then it will be possible to keep the atmosphere of this earth happy. In this way, the oxygen released from the trees, which is the guarantee of life for all living creatures including humans, can be made available in abundance. Unlike the materialistic civilization that celebrates the Day of Trees and Forests once a year, a Muslim while reciting the Qur’an daily or listening to it in prayer etc., remembers the Garden of Eden somewhere. The fact is that the growing pollution on the planet has caused serious threats to the life of gardens and trees.

Declining population and expanding factories around the world is a trend that is shrinking wildlife and suffocating living creatures. The teachings of Prophets (peace be upon them) bring man closer to nature, while the ideas of materialistic civilization are in conflict with nature and are proving to be disastrous for humanity. Plant trees, earn rewards, remove pollution.