Islamic Lifestyle Centered on Health. 2013 August; 1(3): 54-60. DOI: 10.5812/ilch.9658 Published Online 2013 August 25. Research Article Evaluating the Relation Between God and Universe, and Its Role in Promo- tion of Environmental Ethics From the Viewpoint of Quran Narjes Malek Mohammadi 1 , Fathollah Najjarzadegan 2 , Hossein Masoumbeigi 3, * 1 Faculty of Theology (Sciences of Quran and Hadith), Campus of Qom, University of Tehran, Qom, IR Iran 2 Campus of Qom, University of Tehran, Qom, IR Iran 3 Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran *Corresponding author: Hossein Masoumbeigi, Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel: +98-2188040153, Fax: +98-2188608499, E-mail: masoumb@bmsu.ac.irmasoumbeigi@gmail.com. Received: October 11, 2012; Revised: October 21, 2012; Accepted: November 05, 2012 Background: Today, man is aware that the consequences of his damages on nature, such as water, air and soil pollutions, are far more than the advantages which he takes. Therefore, he looks for a basic solution. According to the role of healthy environment in promotion and protection of mental and physical health, benefiting from the environmental ethics and proper behaviors in use of God’s blessings, which are a part of Islamic lifestyle, is an effective reply to current needs of man, because by implying and taking advantage of the Islamic lifestyle, environmental health is provided. Objectives: According to the importance of protecting the environment and the necessity of taking advantage of Quran as a book of human guidance, the present study was performed to evaluate the relation between God and universe, and its role in promotion of environmental ethics and improvement of lifestyle from the viewpoint of Quran, to competently deal with the environment, and provide examples from Quranic models of environmental ethics. Materials and Methods: The present study was a descriptive-analytical survey. In the current study, careful consideration of the relationship between God and universe and its role in environmental ethics from the viewpoint of Quran was an applicable case and also the Quranic models of environmental ethics, which affect human lifestyle, were provided by evaluation of 46 versus of holy Quran. Results: Today, improvement and modification of human lifestyle to take advantage of the environment properly is one of the main concerns of the Islamic regime. The present study showed that according to the Quranic teachings, believing in God guarantees the observation of environmental ethics, and these teachings help man to stay away from actions which damage the environment, to get closer to God, and make friendly relation with universe through these actions. The man should be grateful for God’s blessings, and follow Quranic ethical models of facing the environment which leads everyone to enjoy from healthy environment. Conclusions: From the viewpoint of holy Quran, knowing the creator and understanding its relation with creation system, is one of the duties of the caliph of God on earth. Advent of the models of environmental ethics needs religious and scientific supports, and enough knowledge about descriptions such as creator and creature, Lord and servant, owner and the owned, and feeder and the fed, because these models can have a direct effect on the promotion of environmental ethics, and improvement and modification of lifestyle. Especially if this knowledge has an approach toward the faith in God, it can help to protect man and environmental health. Keywords: Lifestyle; Environment; Religion; Ethics Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: The results of the present study are applicable in contribution to the sustainable development and promotion of the environmental ethics of people, environmental protection, prevention of environmental pollution and degradation along with increasing awareness, and improving the attitudes and behavior of people. The results of the current study will have beneficial effects on the environmental protection policies. The translated version of: http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ilch.9658 Copyright © 2013, Quran & Etrat Center, The Ministry of Health and Medical Education. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, pro- vided the original work is properly cited. 1. Background Quran shows the presence of God in any angle of the universe, and refers to all the phenomena as “sign”: “soon will we show them our signs in the (furthest) re- gions (of the earth), and in their own souls” (1). This is the first and the deepest link between man and nature. Quran believes that the nature is the sign of manifesta- tion of God, and no exact boundaries exist between the nature and supernatural, in a way that God, man, and other spiritual matters are in one side, and the nature is on another side. Because the nature is not apart from the truth and divine light, and the heavens and the earth are sings of sacred essence of his light: “Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth” (2). This belief might be the reason that God has repeatedly sworn on them (3). Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltout in the introduction of his in- terpretation of Quran says: “what Quran contains from secrets and manifestations of the nature, is to induce people to think, ponder, discuss and negotiate about them and improve people’s faith through this” (4). Holy Quran has discussed the relation between God and universe in many versus. These versus show the forms of relation between God and universe (5), for example: