provide various benefits to the human body, and each of them is a
wonder of creation. For example, a bee weighing only a few grams
produces honey. Both because of the vitamins and minerals it con-
tains and the structural characteristics it has, honey means health
and healing for human beings. In the Qur'an Allah says that He in-
spired this quality of honey and the physical work of the honey-
bee:
Your Lord revealed to the bees: "Build dwellings in the
mountains and the trees, and also in the structures which
men erect. Then eat from every kind of fruit and travel the
paths of your Lord, which have been made easy for you to fol-
low." From inside them comes a drink of varying colours,
containing healing for mankind. There is certainly a Sign in
that for people who reflect. (Surat an-Nahl: 68-69)
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