Assalam alaikum,
Sometimes we complain about cost of food or its availability, but we hardly reflect on the origin, meaning and significance of food, its bearing on sustaining human existence, Nations political fortunes and future of Mankind. In this regard, let us consider and reflect on what Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said in Surat Abasa....verses 24-32, chapter 80 of the Holy Qur'an (80:24-32):--
" LET MAN, THEN, CONSIDER [the sources of] HIS FOOD:
[how it is] THAT WE POUR DOWN WATER, POURING IT DOWN
ABUNDANTLY; AND THEN WE CLEAVE THE EARTH [with new growth],
CLEAVING IT ASUNDER, AND THEREUPON WE CAUSE GRAIN TO GROW
OUT OF IT, AND VINES AND EDIBLE PLANTS, AND OLIVE TREES AND
DATE-PALMS, AND GARDENS DENSE WITH FOLIAGE, AND FRUITS AND
HERBAGE, FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR ANIMALS TO ENJOY".
In these verses, we appreciate the story of food...the provision of which is carefully planned by the Hand which created man. Man plays no role in any of its stages; even the seeds and grains he casts on the earth are not of his making, but that of the Master, Creator and Lord of the Universe.