The Mountains

Living in the middle of a concrete jungle, there isn't much opportunity to observe nature in all its glory. Much less, mountains.

So it was when I was thousands of feet high, above the clouds, that I first laid my eyes on a mountain range. That of huge, snow-capped mountains. AKA The Alps (images below).

How do these mountains reach their sublime height? Some reaching the clouds, their peaks invisible. Many times bigger and larger than us, than anything we can imagine. By their width and breadth. And each shaped uniquely, all structured above the earth. And what about their extraordinary colours and hues? Some topped with snow and others without. 

Their reality is revealed in the following verses: 

''And thou seest the hills thou deemest solid flying with the flight of clouds: the doing of Allah Who perfecteth all things. Lo! He is Informed of what ye do.''

                                                         Surah An-Naml, verse 88 (Note: Pickthall translation)

''And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein?''

                                              Al-Mursalaat, verse 27 (Note: Pickthall translation)

''And He hath cast into the earth firm hills that it quake not with you, and streams and roads that ye may find a way.''    

                                                Surah An-Nahl, verse 15 (Note: Pickthall translation)

''Hast thou not seen that Allah causeth water to fall from the sky, and We produce therewith fruit of divers hues; and among the hills are streaks white and red, of divers hues, and (others) raven-black;''

                                                             Fatir, verse 27 (Note: Pickthall translation)

It is clear that the mountains are a huge part of the world we live in, regardless of whether or not we see them. In the above verses, they are associated with being the doing of God, i.e. a perfect creation; their height, sweet water, how firm they are above the earth and their numerous colours and hues. 

By witnessing the mountains' majesty and greatness that day in the airplane, I am reminded of the majesty and greatness of the Creator. 

Take some time out to reflect on this part of nature. This creation of the Creator, the One who ultimately knows the true reality and perfects all things.