THE QUR'AN:

ORIGIN OF LIFE:

The Islamic View About the ORIGIN OF LIFE ;
  “That is Allah your Lord. There is no God but Him, the Creator of all things. Therefore, Serve Him. He is the Guardian of all things.”

                                                                                 (Surah Al-Ana’m, Ayah 103)

“He is the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth.”

                                                                                 (Surah Al-Ana’m, Ayah 102)

‘’We made every living thing of Water. Will they not then believe?”

                                                                                  (Surah AL Anbiya, Ayah 30)

 MECHANISM OF REPRODUCTION:

The Holy Qur'an has also informs us about the MECHANISM OF REPRODUCTION;

“He (Allah) who created all the things in the best way. He first created man from Clay, then Bred his offspring from a Drop of Paltry Fluid. He then moulded him and breathed into him of his spirit. He gave your Eyes and Ears, and Hearts: yet you are seldom thankful.

                                                                                   (Surah Al-Sajda, Ayah 7-9)

  “Glory be to him who created all the Sexual Pairs, of that which the Earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not!

                                                                                    (Surah ya-sin Ayah 36)

“We did Create Man from an Essence of Clay”

                                                                                     (Surah Al-Mominoon, Ayah 12)

 STAGES OF REPRODUCTION:

Once the life had been created, Allah implemented the process of reproduction for the continuity of races of animals. The various stages of reproduction have been described in Holy Qur'an in following way;

“Then fashioned we the Drop of Clot, then fashioned we the Clot a little Lump, then fashioned we the little Lump Bones, then Clothed the Bones with Flesh.”

                                                                                        (Surah Al-mominoon, Ayah 14)

“Hath there upon man (every) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered.”

                                                                                         (Surah Al- Dahar, Ayah 1)

 INTERACTION OF LIVING AND DEAD:

 The Ayah below refers to the Wonderful Act of Production and also INTERACTION OF LIVING AND DEAD;

“LO! ALLAH (it is) who splitteth the grain of corn and the Date stone (for sprouting). He brings forth the Livings from the Dead, and is the bringer forth of the Dead from the Living. Such is ALLAH how than are you prevented.”

                                                                                         (Surah Al-Aa’nam, Ayah 96)  

SIGNIFICANCE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS:

Holy Qur'an has explained the SIGNIFICANCE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS at several places ;

“Who has appointed the Earth as a bed and has threaded roads for you therein and has sent down Water from the Sky and thereby we have brought forth divers kind of Vegetation”

                                                                                          (Surah Taha Ayah 53)

 GROWTH AND VARIETY OF PLANTS:

Glorious Qur'an has also revealed some facts about the GROWTH AND VARIETY OF PLANTS ;

      

“He is who sends down Water from the Sky and therewith we bring forth buds of every kind; We bring forth the Green Blade from which we bring forth the thick- Clustered Grain; and from the Date Palm, from the Pollen thereof, spring pendant bunches; and (we bring forth) Gardens of Grapes, and the Olive and the Pomegranate, alike and unlike. Look upon the fruit thereof, when they bear fruit, and upon its ripening. Lo! Herein verily are Portents for a People who Believe.” 
                                                                                           (Surah Al-An’am, Ayah 100)

“And in the Earth are Neighboring tracts, Vineyards and ploughed lands, and Date-Palm, like and unlike which are Watered with one water And We have made some of them excel others in fruit. Lo! Herein verily are Portents for People who Believe.”                                         

                                                                                            (Surah Al Ra’d, Ayah 4)

PLANTS AND ANIMALS FOR HUMAN WELFARE:

 Allah has also indicated the usefulness of some of the plants and animals to the Human Welfare;

“And LO! In the Cattle there is a lesson for you, we give to Drink of that which is their Bellies, from Betwixt the Refuse and the Blood, Pure Milk palatable for the Drinkers”.

                                                                                              (Surah Al-Naha, Ayah 66)