PLANTS

36. Plants ~ 107 ~ winds blow it does not show haughtiness, instead it swerves to and fro with the wind, and when the winds are not blowing it stands in position once again. Exactly the same is the case with the God worshipper. A true believer lives among the people with gentleness. He does not display arrogance. His way is that of adjustment and not of clash and confrontation. He follows the principle of persuasion and avoids the way of violence. At one point in the Qur’an honey has been mentioned in particular. Honey a valuable drink is produced from the plants. The Qur’an tells us about honey that therein is healing for men’ (16:69). This indicates symbolically that besides food and drink plants have another special quality that of having the healing effect. It is a fact that most of the medicines are produced from plants. This healing attribute of the plants is so great that even when a tiger, a carnivorous animal, takes ill; he eats grass to cure himself. So God has granted us double blessings in the form of plants. They serve both as food and as medicine.