Page 61 - Deep Thinking

Of What Do Fruits Served
During a Meal Make One
Think?
In many verses of the Qur'an,
Allah mentions that He blesses people
with many kinds of food. These foods
are there in front of anyone who sits
down to a meal. The dining table is
decked with various vegetables grown
from the soil, and many animal prod-
ucts. Man, by nature, is created to find
pleasure in these foods. These foods,
each one more delicious than the
next, are at the same time necessary
for our survival. Let us think about
what we would do if these nourish-
ing foods, so necessary for our sur-
vival, had no taste, or if they tasted
bad, or if they were harmful to us
despite their pleasant taste, or if there
were only a few kinds of food on which we
fed, solely for survival. Allah's mercy to us is
the only reason we are faced with such a pic-
ture as we see on the table. Even if one thinks
only of fruit, one will recognize the tremendous
favor shown us.
The conscientious person, who sees a large
variety of fruit on the dining table, thinks:
◆ Out of the dark soil come fruits of diverse
colors, a variety of fragrances, with extremely

Allah is He Who created the heavens and the
earth and sends down water from the sky
and by it brings forth fruits as provision for
you… (Surah Ibrahim: 32)