The Qur’an For All Humanity
The Bounty of Food
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without any effort on our part. One part of this
sustenance is directly derived from crop yields,
such as cereals, fruits and nuts, and from the
abundant provision of water everywhere. This
produce of the earth is consumed by animals, who
convert it into meat and milk, thus indirectly
providing us with another source of sustenance.
This divine blessing demands that man live on
earth as a worshipper of God. The true way to
worship God is, in actual fact, to express gratitude
for all this bounty. If man were to think of his
creation and give thought to all the beneficent
arrangements of nature around him, the feeling of
gratefulness to his Lord would necessarily arise
within him.
The leading of a life directed by divine guidance, a
life of being grateful to God, of worshipping none
other than God as a result of this sincere feeling of
gratefulness is what is called a God-oriented life in
the true sense. Honour and success in the Hereafter
await those who lead such lives.
