Week 2: Islam & Sustainable Development


     For week 2, we explored sustainable development through the lens of Islam. Islam has been emphasizing the importance of taking care of our environment in the Quran and Hadith as there are numerous examples from the Prophet Muhammad’s life and his sayings that talk about this. The relationship with the environment (surrounding) is one of the fundamentals of Islam and development which shows that Islam also encourages its followers to love mother nature as we love our own self. 


    Furthermore, Allah has created the cosmos or nature for us to ponder upon his other creatures in this world. The trees have their own purposes as well as the wind, water, and soil. Humans need to realize that the conservation of the environment is a religious duty demanded by God and thus needs to be followed by certain actions and not to make chaos out of it. Allah said in Surah Al-Qasas verse 77, which means “And do good as Allah has been good to you. And do not seek to cause corruption in the earth. Allah does not love the corrupters.” This ayah touches upon how humans as Khalifah in this world need to take good care of this earth and not cause corruption. 


    After the lecture, Prof Suhaimi divided us into rooms where we were given our groupmates and discussed our position in the group. I was given to be with Group Number 2 with four other members. We discussed our position and I ended up being a leader for my group. After we had finished with the division of the group members, we ended our lecture with Tasbih Kifarah and Surah Al-Asr. 


Comments

  1. Nuzul Fayyadhah Sakina19 May 2025 at 19:25

    It's very enlighting to read this!

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  2. Izzah Mohd Najib (2416264)19 May 2025 at 20:38

    very concise and interesting

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  3. Ma Kalshomah20 May 2025 at 05:52

    Very informative

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  4. Qasymiri20 May 2025 at 06:30

    Wow, it is interesting…

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  5. Ariana20 May 2025 at 06:58

    That's interesting

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  6. azrun hakimi bin yusof20 May 2025 at 07:45

    very interesting

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  7. finn20 May 2025 at 09:23

    widening the lens into Islamic perspective is such a nice idea

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  8. Sofea20 May 2025 at 19:43

    Thanks for the good share!

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  9. Tasnim Shahrul21 May 2025 at 10:38

    It is our responsibility to act as vicegerents and take care of Allah’s creations

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  10. Fathin Athirah21 May 2025 at 14:49

    Very interesting to know more in Islamic perspective. Keep sharing good info!

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  11. Aina27 May 2025 at 07:46

    I agree with the points made, Islam and sustainability has correlation with one another

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  12. Ada27 May 2025 at 07:53

    Nice perspective. The environment is the amanah given to us by Allah.

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  13. Anonymous27 May 2025 at 08:21

    Thank you sharing from the Islamic perspective.

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