﴿ بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴾
( In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.)
﴿ ثُمَّ كُلِى مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٲتِ فَٱسۡلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاً۬ۚ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ۬ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٲنُهُ ۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌ۬ لِّلنَّاسِۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٲلِكَ لَأَيَةً۬ لِّقَوۡمٍ۬ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴾
(68. And your Lord inspired the bee, saying: "Take you habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they (humans) erect.'') (69. "Then, eat of all fruits , and follow the routes that your Lord made easy (for you) . '' There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colors, in which there is a cure for men. There is indeed a sign in that for people who reflect . )
In the Bee and its Honey there is Blessing and a Lesson
What is meant by inspiration here is guidance. The bee is guided to make its home in the mountains, in trees and in structures erected by man. The bee's home is a solid structure, with its hexagonal shapes and interlocking forms there is no looseness in its combs. Then Allaah-God , decrees that the bee will have permission to eat from all fruits and to follow the ways which Allaah-God , has made easy for it, wherever it wants to go in the vast spaces of the wilderness, valleys and high mountains. Then each bee comes back to its hive without swerving to the right or left, it comes straight back to its home where its offspring and honey are. It makes wax from its wings, and regurgitates honey from its mouth, and lays eggs from its rear, then the next morning it goes out to the fields again.
﴿ فَٱسۡلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاً۬ۚ ﴾
(and follow the routes of your Lord made easy (for you)) Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said: "This means, in an obedient way'', understanding it to be a description of the route of migration. Ibn Zayd said that this is like the Ayah:
﴿ وَذَلَّلۡنَـٰهَا لَهُمۡ فَمِنۡہَا رَكُوبُہُمۡ وَمِنۡہَا يَأۡكُلُونَ ﴾
(And We have subdued them for them so that some they may ride and some they may eat.) (36:72) He said: "Do you not see that they move the bees' home from one land to another, and the bees follow them'' The first opinion is clearly the more likely, as it describes the routes that the bees follow, i.e., `follow these routes as they are easy for you.' This was stated by Mujahid. Ibn Jarir said that both opinions are correct.
﴿ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ۬ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٲنُهُ ۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌ۬ لِّلنَّاسِۗ ﴾
(There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colors, wherein is healing for men.) (meaning, honey, that is) white, yellow, red, or of other good colors, depending on the different things that the bees eat.
﴿ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌ۬ لِّلنَّاسِۗ ﴾
(in which there is a cure for men.) meaning there is a cure in honey for diseases that people suffer from. Some of those who spoke about the study of Prophetic medicine said that if ﴿ Allaah-God ,The All-Mighty,The Majestic , ﴾ had said, `in which there is the cure for men', then it would be the remedy for all diseases, but He said, `in which there is a cure for men', meaning that it is the right treatment for every "cold'' disease, because it is "hot'', and a disease should be treated with its opposite. Al-Bukhari and Muslim recorded in their Sahihs from Qatadah from Abu Al-Mutawakkil `Ali bin Dawud An-Naji from Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri that a man came to the Messenger of Allaah-God , peace and blessings of Allaah-God , and said , "My brother is suffering from diarrhea''. He said,
« اسْقِهِ عَسَلًا »
(Give him honey to drink.) The man went and gave him honey, then he came back and said , "O Messenger of Allaah-God , (peace and blessing of Allaah-God , be upon him ) ! I gave him honey to drink , and he only got worse.'' The Prophet , peace and blesings of Allaah-God , be upon him , said ,
« اذْهَبْ فَاسْقِهِ عَسَلًا »
(Go and give him honey to drink.) So he went and gave him honey, then he came back and said, "O Messenger of Allaah-God ! it only made him worse. '' The Prophet , ( peace and blessings of Allaah-God , be upon him ) , said,
« صَدَقَ اللهُ وَكَذَبَ بَطْنُ أَخِيكَ، اذْهَبْ فَاسْقِهِ عَسَلًا »
(Allaah-God , (The All-Mighty,The Majestic ) . speaks the truth and your brother's stomach is lying . Go and give him honey to drink . ) So he went and gave him honey, and he recovered .'' It is reported in the Two Sahihs from `A'ishah , may Allaah-God , be pleased with her, that the Messenger of Allaah-God , (peace and blessing of Allaah-God br upon him ) , used to like sweet things and honey. This is the wording of Al-Bukhari, who also reported in his Sahih from Ibn `Abbas that the Messenger of Allaah-God , (peace and blessings of Allaah-God , be upon him) , said:
« الشِّفَاءُ فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ: فِي شَرْطَةِ مِحْجَمٍ، أَوْ شَرْبَةِ عَسَلٍ، أَوْ كَيَّةٍ بِنَارٍ، وَأَنْهَى أُمَّتِي عَنِ الْكَي »
(Healing is to be found in three things: the cut made by the cupper, or drinking honey, or in branding with fire (cauterizing) , but I have forbidden my Ummah (communitty ) , to use branding.)
﴿ إِنَّ فِى ذَٲلِكَ لَأَيَةً۬ لِّقَوۡمٍ۬ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴾
( There is indeed a sign in that for people who reflect . ) meaning in the fact that Allaah-God , (Glory be to Him ) , inspires this weak little creature to travel through the vast fields and feed from every kind of fruit, then gather it for wax and honey, which are some of the best things, in this is a sign for people who think about the might and power of the bee's Creator Who causes all of this to happen. From this they learn that He is the Initiator, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise, the All-Knowing, the Most Generous, the Most Merciful . Quraan Tafseer ibn Katheer Surah 16 - Nahl - (“The Bees”) Ayah 68-69 . 'Ponder, reflect . signs ,of The Creator , His strength His awe, glory be to him , awesome colours , Vastness of the Universe ,the land and sea and everything in it and above it , beauty , and blessings , surrounding us and within one-self - rain or shine -always , always stay grateful , ( Live with wisdom . Behave with courage ... and be benevolent (kind-hearted,not forgetting yourself) , and keep going as you are still alive, be the best
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