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From The Pulpit | Spider web cocooned trees in Sindh Pakistan after Floods

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April 16, 2011

The 2010 Floods in Pakistan that caused devastation over a major part of the country, also brought about a strange phenomenon. Apparently, the flood waters caused millions of spiders to seek refuge in trees and other vegetation, where they proceeded to spin webs all around the trees. The trees (pictured in the images) look like huge cotton candy but are slowly dying.

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An amazing side-effect of this phenomenon is that the webs are limiting the number of mosquitoes in the area, which given the stagnant water in the area should have been breeding in multitudes. Indeed it is a blessing of Allah (may He be glorified and praised) that after the hardships faced by the people, he has brought them protection for further disease through this amazing phenomenon.

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. (Quran 94:5-6)

Source: From The Pulpit | Sermons of DiscoMaulvi

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Aly is an entrepreneur who was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan where he currently resides. He has been associated with many diverse fields such as Textiles, Cement, Minerals & Ores, Feeds and Agri-Commodities. As a Life Coach, NLP Practitioner, and Hypnotist, he works with clients to reach the Next Level in their personal and professional lives, to breakthrough performance blocks, self-doubts, or habits that limit them from reaching their true potential. Send him a message to find out more. Known on Social Media as DiscoMaulvi, he serves in operational and advisory roles for LiveDeen and Azaan Institute. He is also a co-founder and trustee of Ihsaas Trust, a not-for-profit started in 2012 with a vision to improve social mobility for Karachi’s under-privileged. Our distinguishing factor is the efficient utilization of Sadaqah and Zakat for healthcare and rations and to provide micro-finance for Enterprise Facilitation. Aly joined the team of MM in 2011 as a blogger/writer and is currently the Team Lead for the Comments Team and a former member of the Executive Shurah. He is easily accessible via Twitter or through his Public Page on Facebook where you can learn more about him.

14 Comments

Husnain

April 16, 2011 at 11:08 AM

Amazing subhan’Allah.

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umi

April 17, 2011 at 8:14 AM

subhanallah!

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Sister

April 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM

Alhamdulillah..

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Brother

April 17, 2011 at 10:08 PM

Subhallah, I’m all for the mosquito population control, but the trees dying can’t be good, right?

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- DiscoMaulvi
  
  April 18, 2011 at 8:19 AM
  
  Dear “Brother”
  
  I initially wondered if the trees were dying as a result of this strange web cocooning diminishing the sunlight exposure or the oxygen supply. However, a comment on the original post on From The Pulpit suggests maybe the trees are dying due to water logging in the roots.
  
  I did try to search for the answer but the mentions of this phenomenon on the web did not speculate on the reasons. If any reader who is a botanist (i think that would be the relevant science field) can shed some light it would be great.
  
  -Aly
  
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Firdaws

April 18, 2011 at 9:47 PM

Subhan-Allah,

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Abeer Khan

April 19, 2011 at 8:45 AM

I saw this is in the newspaper one morning and I couldn’t believe such a thing was even possible… amazing! SubhanAllah! Things work in the strangest of ways.

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aysha2589

April 19, 2011 at 12:18 PM

subhanAllah…Allah is the Great Creator.

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Faiez

April 20, 2011 at 1:05 AM

There was a time when Muslim Matters had good posts.

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- Amad
  
  April 20, 2011 at 1:28 AM
  
  Yet you can’t resist continuing to visit ;)
  
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- DiscoMaulvi
  
  April 20, 2011 at 6:48 AM
  
  Dear Faiez
  
  Thank you for your feedback on the decline in quality of our posts. We cherish such feedback and we would love to learn more on which posts you enjoyed in the past and what you loved about them. This will help us understand which topics we need to focus on and the level we need to hold ourselves to.
  
  We look forward to receiving your feedback.
  
  Warm Regards
  -Aly
  
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nayma kose

April 20, 2011 at 7:55 AM

It’s these small posts with insight that can make one stop and reflect for a moment at the wonders of Allah’s creation. Maybe that small moment we stopped to reflect and say Subhanallah will make our weight heavy on the Day of Judgement.
Jazak Allahu Khairan for sharing your thoughts Br. Aly.

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- DiscoMaulvi
  
  April 20, 2011 at 9:01 AM
  
  Wa Iyyaki Sr Nayma.
  
  Itâ€™s these small posts with insight that can make one stop and reflect for a moment at the wonders of Allahâ€™s creation. Maybe that small moment we stopped to reflect and say Subhanallah will make our weight heavy on the Day of Judgement.
  
  Allahu Akbar! I never looked at this post from this view point. Jazak’Allah Khairin for pointing this out.
  
  -Aly
  
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