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The declaration is based on an environmental framework present within the principles of Islam, and is part of faith-based climate activism. Its core stems from the essence of a body of ethics known as the Knowledge of Creation (Ilm ul khalq), which is based on the Holy Qur’an. [2] It is part of a spiritual fight against climate change, alongside similar calls by the Catholic Pope and other ...
Although over two hundred verses in the Qur'an deal with animals and six Quranic chapters are named after animals, animal life is not a predominant theme in the Qur'an. [33] The Qur'an teaches that God created animals from water. [33] God cares for all his creatures and provides for them. [33]
Islamic scholars and a host of ecological groups have put together a Muslim faith-based covenant called Al Mizan to inform people on the ecological references in the Quran and the Islamic take on protecting the planet. Topics include genetic engineering, the ecology during times of war and hunting animals like birds for sport. It was released ...
Many verses of the Quran, especially those revealed earlier, are dominated by the idea of the nearing of the Day of Judgement. [10] [11]When the sun is put out, and when the stars fall down, and when the mountains are blown away, and when pregnant camels are left untended, and when wild beasts are gathered together, and when the seas are set on fire, and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are ...
Shortly after Muhammad's death, the Quran was compiled on the order of the first caliph Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) by the companions, who had written down or memorized parts of it. Caliph Uthman (r. 644–656) established a standard version, now known as the Uthmanic codex, which is generally considered the archetype of the Quran known today.
According to most scholars of the Islamic tradition, the chapter is a Medinan surah, i.e. it was revealed during the Medinan phase of Muhammad's prophethood. Some commentators say that verse 24 was an exception and was revealed in Mecca, and others say that verses 23–31 were revealed in Mecca.
The verses of the chapter reproduced below show Dhu al-Qarnayn traveling first to the Western limit of travel where he sees the sun set in a muddy spring, then to the furthest East where he sees it rise from the ocean, and finally northward to a place in the mountains where he finds a people oppressed by Gog and Magog:
According to the Quran, a Muslim has a specific obligation to practice stewardship over nature, and each species of animals is said to be "its own nation". "Human beings are God's representatives on earth.