One of the greatest challenge this world is facing today is about environmental imbalance. Many research scholars working in the area of pure science & social science have begun to look into underlying philosophical causes for man's rapacious attitude towards his environment. Part of this search involves a look at root philosophies affecting the human outlook and interaction with the world and the responsibility religion shares in creating the attitudes and philosophies that have led to the desecration of nature that has occurred in the past few centuries and which seems to be accelerating in our times. Islam expresses great concern for the environment. A number of verses in the Quran and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad have addressed this issue. Islam's solution to environmental problems lies in man's adaptation of its guidance. This paper is an attempt to give an Islamic perspective on how a human being should interact with the environment that surrounds us, and looks at the vices that he is most likely to succumb to.
Environment, Islam, God, Hadiths, Nature, Allah
