Nature
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Sarah Ward In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, long ago. These words echo in my memory. Words from my childhood and days of singing in the school choir. In amongst the
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hampshire In Valencia, eastern Spain, the Araña caves contain two examples of prehistoric rock art, composed by hands that perished thousands of years ago. In one, a goat is hunted with a bow and arrow. The other depicts a scene of a woman atop a ladder which rests on a cliff face, her
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Tooba Khokhar, Cambridge “Look, therefore, at the marks of Allah’s mercy: how He quickens the earth after its death.”—The Holy Qur’an, chapter 30, verse 51 Spring has once more come to fill with beauty and freshness the landscape of the British isles. The “darling buds of May” bloom as they do every turning of the
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon Trees are such a beautiful, significant, and irreplaceable creation of God Almighty. This is the very reason the Holy Quran in various places gives examples of a tree in different contexts. For example: “Dost thou not see how Allah sets forth the similitude of a good word? It is like a good
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Natalia Jan, Hounslow South In recent years, the need to safeguard the planet has surged as one of the most talked about issues amongst politicians, academics, activists, the media and the public. People across the world are demanding that we take action against the existential threats of climate change and global warming. Earth Day serves
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Amber Amir, Hounslow Every year on the 5th of June, we celebrate World Environment Day. However, what is this day actually about? Well, the basic purpose of this day is to raise awareness about how we can protect the environment. It centres around the actions that we can take as individuals to sustain the world
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Yusra Dahri, Tilford Perhaps the easiest way to explain to a child where God lives is to just look above you, look at the sky. Sometimes you don’t even have to say a word – the child will just follow your gaze and understand. Eventually that child will grow older and understand that God is
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Fateha Khawaja, Tilford. When I decided to write on this topic, it took me a while to determine a coherent stream of thought, an idea to focus on because this topic, this notion is so multifaceted. What initially comes to my mind is the beauty of the natural world that God has created for us.
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