Struggle to strike out Corruption, for the sake of Allah.
"...And do not desire corruption in the land. Indeed, God does not like corruptors. " Qur'an 28:77
"...And do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption." Qur'an, 2:60
How many forms of corruption are there? Crime, political fraud, illegal banking systems, theft, rape. Sound pretty major don't they. Now add to that list littering, deforestation, toxic waste and pesticides. Sure, these are hardly equivalent to murdering but in the long run, these things take human lives too, a fact. That is what the Qur'an is alarming readers about.
Corruption is when we see landfills galore and then expect it's someone else's job to sort out. Corruption is when there are homeless people in our towns and we walk past hoping that it's they who won't see us.
In the end, when we don't restore these things to harmony we only end up polluting our own little bubble of survival. That is why God says our catastrophes are self-inflicted; "corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by what the hands of people have earned". As if to give a wake-up call, people are told these catastrophic processes can heal and eliminate social and natural disorders, but through belief in God and respect for nature.
"...So... let them taste part of (the consequences of) what they have done that perhaps they will return (to righteousness).” (Qur'an 30:41)
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