In all of its broad meanings, the word most associated with revolution is change. We live with revolutionary changes every day. The Earth spinning on its axis; the Moon's orbit around the Earth; and the Earth's orbit in relation to the Sun are celestial motions demonstrating cycles of revolution in which many observable changes take place. The alternation of the day and the night; the changes of the seasons; tide changes; migratory cycles of animals and the very regulation of time are all phenomena affected or controlled by revolution.
All living things accept this form of revolution as a part of life and beyond control. That part of Creation that is best able to submit to uncontrollable, unstoppable change, has the best chance of survival and success. The leaves fall from trees as the sap goes into the roots in preparation for winter; birds fly south and then back north in migratory cycles; animals fur thickens then sheds, adapting to seasonal changes. Indeed, the examples of natural revolutionary phenomena are too numerous to count as is the reaction of life to it.
From the tiniest atom to the grandest galaxy, everything is in flux. The similarities in atoms and galaxies show a oneness in origination and activity. Allah ta ala says in Holy Qur'an: Allah originates Creation and then repeats it. Life begins. It grows and develops, reacting and adapting to the unending changes which affect it. It reproduces itself, and, when it can no longer resist or adapt to revolution, it dies, which is, in itself, another change.
All living things accept this form of revolution as a part of life and beyond control. That part of Creation that is best able to submit to uncontrollable, unstoppable change, has the best chance of survival and success. The leaves fall from trees as the sap goes into the roots in preparation for winter; birds fly south and then back north in migratory cycles; animals fur thickens then sheds, adapting to seasonal changes. Indeed, the examples of natural revolutionary phenomena are too numerous to count as is the reaction of life to it.
From the tiniest atom to the grandest galaxy, everything is in flux. The similarities in atoms and galaxies show a oneness in origination and activity. Allah ta ala says in Holy Qur'an: Allah originates Creation and then repeats it. Life begins. It grows and develops, reacting and adapting to the unending changes which affect it. It reproduces itself, and, when it can no longer resist or adapt to revolution, it dies, which is, in itself, another change.
And so, with mankind, we also submit to the natural cycles of revolution: resting our bodies at night in sleep, rising again in the morning, only to lay down in rest the following night; Planting in the spring, harvesting in the fall; wearing warm clothes in the winter, and light clothes in the summer. Revolution is nothing but change. Change from one state or condition of being to another.
Revolution has been used to define great changes within a socioeconomic or cultural structure, such as the Industrial Revolution, the American Civil Rights struggle and Women's Rights movement; or political upheavals within a social structure or government, such as the American, French and Russian revolutions. These types of revolutions, although signaling great changes, did not necessarily improve the lot of those most affected by it.
Revolution has been used to define great changes within a socioeconomic or cultural structure, such as the Industrial Revolution, the American Civil Rights struggle and Women's Rights movement; or political upheavals within a social structure or government, such as the American, French and Russian revolutions. These types of revolutions, although signaling great changes, did not necessarily improve the lot of those most affected by it.
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