1 Alif Lam Mim Ra. These are the verses of the Book; and that which is revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but most people do not believe.
2 Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that you see, and He is firm in power and He made the sun and the moon subservient (to you); each one pursues its course to an appointed time; He regulates the affair, making clear the signs that you may be certain of meeting your Lord.
3 And He it is Who spread the earth and made in it firm mountains and rivers, and of all fruits He has made in it two kinds; He makes the night cover the day; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.
4 And in the earth there are tracts side by side and gardens of grapes and corn and palm trees having one root and (others) having distinct roots-- they are watered with one water, and We make some of them excel others in fruit; most surely there are signs in this for a people who understand.[
Ar-Rad, Chapter #13, The Holy Quran]
Nay, He Who created the heavens and the earth, and sent down for you
water from the cloud; then We cause to grow thereby beautiful gardens;
it is not possible for you that you should make the
trees thereof to grow. Is there a god with Allah? Nay! they are people who deviate.
( سورة النمل , An-Naml, Chapter #27, Verse #60)
10 He it is Who sends down water from the cloud for you; it gives drink, and by it (grow) the trees upon which you pasture.
11 He causes to grow for you thereby herbage, and the olives, and the palm trees, and the grapes, and of all the fruits; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who reflect.
12 And He has made subservient for you the night and the day and the sun and the moon, and the stars are made subservient by His commandment; most surely there are signs in this for a people who ponder;
13 And what He has created in the earth of varied hues most surely there is a sign in this for a people who are mindful.
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An-Nahl, Chapter #16 , The Holy Quran]
Photographs : Ibn Hanif
Race Course Park / Jinnah Garden , Lahore , Pakistan
March 2012
