Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account
Species diversity has been the hallmark of biosphere and invaluable resource for human being as well as for the natural environment. In order to appreciate and conserve these diverse species which are constituents of nature, different values from different frames of references have been proffered. T...
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| description | Species diversity has been the hallmark of biosphere and invaluable resource for human being as well as for the natural environment. In order to appreciate and conserve these diverse species which are constituents of nature, different values from different frames of references have been proffered. This study examines biological diversity from the Qur’anic perspective in an attempt to explicate the kinds of value conferred by the Qur’an on non-human species, particularly among the animals and plants. Collating ayat (verses) of the Qur’an related to nonhuman species and analyzing key conceptual terms the Qur’an employs in reference to their diversity, the study found that nonhuman species are presented in the Qur’an as signs of God and as communities of worshipers worthy of existence and conservation. |
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| spelling | iium-340562018-06-12T06:52:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34056/ Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain BP134 Qur'an GE Environmental Sciences GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography Species diversity has been the hallmark of biosphere and invaluable resource for human being as well as for the natural environment. In order to appreciate and conserve these diverse species which are constituents of nature, different values from different frames of references have been proffered. This study examines biological diversity from the Qur’anic perspective in an attempt to explicate the kinds of value conferred by the Qur’an on non-human species, particularly among the animals and plants. Collating ayat (verses) of the Qur’an related to nonhuman species and analyzing key conceptual terms the Qur’an employs in reference to their diversity, the study found that nonhuman species are presented in the Qur’an as signs of God and as communities of worshipers worthy of existence and conservation. IACSIT Press 2014-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34056/1/486-C010.pdf Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain (2014) Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development (IJESD), 5 (3). pp. 244-250. ISSN 2010-0264 http://www.ijesd.org/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=51&id=794 DOI: 10.7763/IJESD.2014.V5.486 |
| spellingShingle | BP134 Qur'an GE Environmental Sciences GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account |
| title | Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account |
| title_full | Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account |
| title_fullStr | Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account |
| title_full_unstemmed | Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account |
| title_short | Valuing biodiversity: a Qur'anic account |
| title_sort | valuing biodiversity: a qur'anic account |
| topic | BP134 Qur'an GE Environmental Sciences GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography |
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