Separation of Religion and Science

Separation of Religion and Science are you all doing?” They replied, “We are transferring pollen from the male part to the female part of the plant.” This method is called ta’bir nakhl in Arabic and “pollination” in English. It is well known that animals give birth to new offspring through reproduction. Plants also have processes for generating new plants, one among them being sexual reproduction. The male and female parts in plants produce reproductive cells which combine through a process called pollination. Pollination is the mechanism of transferring pollen grains from the anther – male part of a flower, to the stigma – female part of a flower. The resulting fertilization of the female part of the plant gives rise to fruits. Pollination is generally performed by insects, birds and the wind – they help in transferring pollens grains from the male part of the plant to its female part. Humans can also be involved in this process by hand pollination. When the Prophet witnessed the local residents of Madinah performing pollination in the date palms, he remarked, “If you didn’t do this, it would make no difference.” Hearing this, the locals abandoned the practice. Consequently, the production of dates decreased significantly in the following season. The Prophet passed by these people once again and asked them about the reason for the decline in yield. The