Who is Allah?

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Look closer at creation

Three galleries of the small, the shining and the growing things that scripture asks us to look at.

Parables of the small

God is not shy to strike a parable of a gnat, or what is above it (Qur'an 2:26).

Qur'an 27:18 · Proverbs 6:6The ant
Qur'an 16:68The bee
Qur'an 29:41 · Job 8:14The spider's house
Matthew 13:31 · Qur'an 31:16The mustard seed
Qur'an 101:4Moths scattered

Lamps

“Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth” (Qur'an 24:35). “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet” (Psalm 119:105).

Qur'an 24:35The niche and the lamp
Exodus 27:20The eternal light
Qur'an 24:36Light in the prayer hall
John 8:12The light of the world
Qur'an 71:16The lamp of the sky

Trees of scripture

“A goodly saying, as a goodly tree” (Qur'an 14:24). “He shall be like a tree planted by streams of water” (Psalm 1:3).

Qur'an 19:25The palm
Qur'an 24:35 · Zechariah 4:3The olive
Qur'an 95:1 · Micah 4:4The fig
Qur'an 55:68 · Song of Songs 4:3The pomegranate
Qur'an 18:32The two gardens

Watch more: Look closer at creation

7 films and talks, chosen for this page. They play here.

  • How Do Ants Find Food? | Animal Science for Kids

    SciShow Kids · 4 min

    SciShow Kids: how ants find food, the ant of Surah an-Naml.

  • How Do Bees Make Honey? | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids

    SciShow Kids · 6 min

  • Beautiful Spider Web Build Time-lapse | BBC Earth

    BBC Earth · 5 min

    BBC Earth: a spider builds its web, the "frailest of houses" in Surah al-Ankabut.

  • Bioluminescence in the deep sea: How and why do animals create their own light?

    MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) · 4 min

  • Fireflies: Nature's Baffling Blinkers | Animal Science for Kids

    SciShow Kids · 4 min

    SciShow Kids: fireflies, living lamps.

  • The secret language of trees - Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

    TED-Ed · 5 min

  • Sir David Attenborough Gives a Lesson on Seeds | The Green Planet | BBC Earth

    BBC Earth · 3 min

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