Ahmed Deif

Being a fan of insects and the numerous signs and meanings they hold, I said may be its a good idea to let my brothers and sisters share with me this emotion towards insects (rather than just looking to them as unpleasant guests). Also being an engineer, I can’t hold myself from organizing my ideas in a scientific form such as systems, block diagrams and equations. I’ll start this time with the bees….equation.

A known scientific fact is that there are hundreds of species of bees, but ONLY those who live together in groups are the ones that generate honey. This is point number one

Pondering in the verses in surat “Al-Nahl” (the bees) about the bees (16, 68-69), Allah says that he inspired the bees to take three locations as their home; the mountains, the trees, and men’s habitations. Another scientific fact is that the best quality with the highest benefit of the different kinds of honey, is the one produced by the mountain bees, followed by the trees bees followed by the man’s habitations bees. A simple question about which among the different bees exert more effort in going around and producing honey, the ones in the mountains, or the trees or the man habitations? the answer would simply be the ones in the mountains of course….this lead to the second point which is the more effort exerted, the better the outcome.

Third, the next verse talks about how the bees were ordered to eat form the fruits and follow the routes designated by Allah, and they did. This would be the third parameter which is following the path and the orders of Allah is the way to succeed.

Finally, the verse talks about the product of the bees effort which is that there issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men. We can now draw the bees equation:

Group work + Effort + Obeying Allah = Physical cure to people

Mapping this equation to the obligation on this ummah as the best ummah brought forth to guide people to Allah would lead to the following equation:

Working Together + Sacrifice + Sticking to Allah’s Rulings = Guidance to All Humanity 

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