Green Initiatives by Evergreen Islamic Center Quranic word sarafa سرف means exceeding limits-to be extravagant     In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful What Quran teaches us regarding managing our individual and collective resources And not over-spending and not being extravagant AlAaraf [7:31] God invites to benefit from what He created but not to waste And eat, and drink, and waste not by extravagance. Certainly, He (God) does not love the extravagant. كُلُوۡا وَ اشۡرَبُوۡا وَ لَا تُسۡرِفُوۡا‌ۚ اِنَّهٗ لَا يُحِبُّ الۡمُسۡرِفِيۡنَ‏ AlFurqan [25:67] God admires those who spend in moderation And those who when they spend are neither extravagant, nor miserly, and between those (two extremes) there is a medium (way). وَ الَّذِيۡنَ اِذَاۤ اَنۡفَقُوۡا لَمۡ يُسۡرِفُوۡا وَلَمۡ يَقۡتُرُوۡا وَ كَانَ بَيۡنَ ذٰلِكَ قَوَامًا‏ AlFurqan [25:48-49] Pure water is a blessing And He (God) it is Who sends the winds as heralds of good tidings, before His mercy (rainfall), and We send down from the sky pure water. وَ هُوَ الَّذِىۡۤ اَرۡسَلَ الرِّيٰحَ بُشۡرًۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَىۡ رَحۡمَتِهٖ‌ۚ وَ اَنۡزَلۡنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُوۡرًاۙ‏ That We may bring to life with it the dead land, and We give it to drink to those We created, numerous livestock and mankind. لِّـنُحْیِۦَ بِهٖ بَلۡدَةً مَّيۡتًا وَّ نُسۡقِيَهٗ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَاۤ اَنۡعَامًا وَّ اَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيۡرًا‏

  God sends winds as good tidings before His mercy and rain water

Today man is polluting AIR by green house gases and carbon (Mercy includes everything God gives us) Most pure rain water – with polluted air – rain water quality will be compromised Will not be good for people and animals to consume such water When polluted water reaches to ground – It is not good for irrigation Quality of crops and fruits will suffer Climate Control is Important Quality of air - Less pollution - Easy air breathing - less diseases - Better Crops AlMursalat [77:27] Firm Mountains are source of fresh water And We placed therein firm mountains, and have given you to drink sweet water. وَّجَعَلۡنَا فِيۡهَا رَاوسِىَ شٰمِخٰتٍ وَّ اَسۡقَيۡنٰكُمۡ مَّآءً فُرَاتًاؕ‏ Mountains are the storage of our water in the form of snow The snow melts slowly and rivers and streams flow and we have supply of water throughout the year In the absence of climate control, we as humans are generating gases in our factories, specially carbon dioxide which gets trapped in the upper atmosphere and earth’s heat is trapped. Snow on the mountains melts too fast This will lose the balance – will cause floods on one hand and lack of regular water supply on the other hand ArRoom [30:41] Man is damaging the environment Calamities have appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of people have earned, that He (God) may make them taste a part of what they have done, that perhaps they may return. ظَهَرَ الۡفَسَادُ فِى الۡبَرِّ وَ الۡبَحۡرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ اَيۡدِى النَّاسِ لِيُذِيۡقَهُمۡ بَعۡضَ الَّذِىۡ عَمِلُوۡا لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُوۡنَ‏ AzZumur [39:53] God advices us not to be hopeless Say: “O My slaves who have wronged against themselves. Do not despair of the mercy of God. Indeed, God forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.” قُلۡ يٰعِبَادِىَ الَّذِيۡنَ اَسۡرَفُوۡا عَلٰٓى اَنۡفُسِهِمۡ لَا تَقۡنَطُوۡا مِنۡ رَّحۡمَةِ اللّٰهِ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغۡفِرُ الذُّنُوۡبَ جَمِيۡعًا ‌ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الۡغَفُوۡرُ الرَّحِيۡمُ‏ AalImran [3:147] Make supplication for forgiveness and firmness Our Lord, forgive us our sins, and our extravagance in our affairs, and establish our feet firmly, and give us assistance over the people who deny.

رَبَّنَا اغۡفِرۡلَنَا   ذُنُوۡبَنَا    وَ اِسۡرَافَنَا    فِىۡۤ  اَمۡرِنَا   وَ    ثَبِّتۡ   اَقۡدَامَنَا   وَ انصُرۡنَا عَلَى   الۡقَوۡمِ  الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ‏