Revelation or Wahi was not restricted to His Messengers but
Allah had used wahi to non-prophets also like the mother of Prophet Musa
(28:7), Hazrat Maryam (19:25) and the disciples of Prophet Isa (5:111). But in
case of bees, it is the instinct endowed in them. Wahi in its wider sense is
applicable to any knowledge or action of a conscious being which is not
obtained through experience.
In Surah al-Nahl Ayah 68, Allah has used the word “Wahi”
when He says, “And your Lord revealed to the bee (an instinctive revelation),
to build cells in the mountains and in the trees and in what they (men) build.”
The first mission of the bees is to build houses or beehives
which are built in hexagonal form on top of each other without having any
angles. The architectural engineers are astonished by these constructions. Then
Allah guides the bees to reach different flowers and eat from them. It
is stated in the next Ayah 69 saying, “Then eat out of all the fruits, and pave
the ways of your Lord sincerely. There comes forth out of their bellies a drink
of varying colors, wherein is healing for men. Verily in that is a sign for a
people who reflect.”
Normally, the bees suck-in the special sugar from the flower
and other parts. According to a botanist, Lying, that if the bees are extinguished
then thousands of plants, flowers and fruits will be destroyed. The bee’s
experts say that in the morning, a batch of bees experienced in identification
of flowers go out and determine the places of flower beds, return and
communicate with other bees who will go later to collect flower juice. The
juice collected inside their bellies goes to a pot which is a sort of chemical
factory which ultimately produces honey.
Honey is quickly absorbed in the body and it gives strength
to the body. The Commander of the faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.) said,
“There is nothing like honey to cure the diseases.” The areas wherein
honey cures different ailments are:
It prevents producing bad smell in the stomach and
intestine, cures dryness and constipation, effective in sleep management,
removes tiredness in muscles, give it to the pregnant women to have babies with
strong tissues, increases calcium in the blood, strengthens digestive system
and the heart, builds the body promptly, improves the function of liver and lungs,
effective in fighting rheumatism, clears the voice cures the cough, is used in
medicines relating to skin refinement and long life.
Honey contains iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium,
lead, copper, Sulphur, nickel, bronze, and sodium. Vitamin A, B, C, D, K AND E
is found in honey. The Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) said, “If a man drinks
honey at least once a month and pray to Allah for the cure He promised in this
Surah, Allah shall cure seventy types of diseases.
Honey remains fresh and does not become bad by the
passage of time. Honey should not be heated.
Honeybees’ world is very organized and clean where everyone
works. Duties are designated to different bees. Some are assigned to guard
their house, some are assigned to procure the flower juice, some are assigned
the duty of checking the quality of juices brought by the bees. If any bee brings in honey from harmful
flowers or smelly honey, it is stopped at the entrance of the beehive shells
and such honey is destroyed and the bee is punished.
Sources: The Glorious Qur’an (Urdu translation) by Ayatollah
Nasir Makarem Shirazi
The Glorious Qur’an (English translation) by
S.V. Mir Ahmed Ali & Ayatollah Agha H.M.M. Pooya Yazdi
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