التلوث البيئي وتوصية القرآن الكريم على محافظة البيئة

Environmental pollution and the Recommendation of the Holy Qur'an on the preservation of the environment

Abstract

Environmental pollution is one of the biggest problems of the modern era and one of the most dangerous to the future of life on this planet. God Almighty created the universe on balance and order. And if man interferes in this natural balance and its resources without awareness or thinking, the result will be a total destruction. Human responsibility towards the environment means thinking, contemplating, investigating, preserving and using its resources without extravagance and waste.

Recently, scholars and environmentalists have been taking keen interest to discuss the environment and its importance and protection from pollution and destruction, but Islam has taken care of it since its appearance and the concept of environment in the Noble Qur’an is broad and comprehensive, which includes water, air, soil, minerals, climate, creatures and others. God harnessed the environment to serve people, and the Noble Qur’an encouraged its preservation and good use without neglect, demolition and destruction & mentioned all the points which today environmentalist have agreed regarding environmental issues and problems.

This research will shed light on environmental issues, strategies and solutions in the light of the Holy Qur’an. For this purpose, the article brings out the concept of environmental pollution in introductory part, elaborates the types of pollution and their damages and highlights the ways of preservation of the environment in the light of the Qur’an in subsequent parts and concludes the discussion at the end.