22nd April is near! Earth Day is coming! Due to that, let's discuss something about earth, about nature.
Earth. For billions of years, earth has been providing lives for many living creature. Then, human came. Because I am a muslim, I believe that God claimed that humans are created to be "Khalifah", or leader. Leader of this earth, leader of any other creatures. God mention it in the noble Quraan, specifically in Surah Baqarah (chapter two) verse thirty.
" And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know." "
Reading that verse make me realize that God fully trust human to look after the earth. Even when the Angels doubted Him and said humans may corrupt the earth, God said that He knows better than the Angels. Now, as God knows 100% that human can take care of the earth well, doesn't it make you think? Earth, this beautiful earth is not just a gift, a miracle, a treasure for human. It is also a responsibility for us. We, humans are the best of creation according to the noble Quraan. We have proved that we are, by developing everything, thanks to technology. But we have to realize that we have created danger to this earth, we have created danger for ourselves.
Earth provides everything we need to live, oxygen, water, trees, mountains, and so on. Are we really ready to sacrifice these beautiful things? Are we ready to live without them? We'll be dead before we even know they are gone! Remember not to be selfish. We are not alone on this earth. We share this earth with animal, plants, etc. But the most important thing is that we are, we have to share this treasure to our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildre. OUR NEXT GENERATION! Are we ready to see them living in suffer? Do you really wanna see your children knowing elephants only from our stories. I, myself surely aren't ready for that. I wanna see my children living in this earth happily.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, Let's prove that the angels were wrong. We do not corrupt. We are going to look after the earth, even though it is not as beautiful as it were before, we still have a lot to protect.
