That is because they denied Our revelations and were heedless of them.

That is because they denied Our revelations and were heedless of them.'' Sura Al-A'raf (7:146) ((Al-Balagh Foundation)), while presenting to its respected readers this study on ((Islam and Physical Care)), as a witness to the universality of Islam, its efficiency and perfection, asks Allah the Exalted to provide us with the power enabling us to carry out His commands, perform what brings His consent and reward, and support our Jihad with clear triumph. Allah is the Hearer, the Responder!

Al-BALAGH FOUNDATION Preface The body is the storehouse of man's energy, and the generator of the power of motion which participates in the fields of goodness, construction, colonization and ref ormation of the earth. Man can perform no work, whether religious, reformative or constructive, without the use of physical strength.

The one who prays, the one who fasts, the pilgrim, the fighter, the businessman, the thinker, the merchant, the worker, the farmer, the scientist, the student, and the others, all need some physical energy to perform their roles and duties. Physical energy is the means and instrument by which man can implement his goals and aims.

So, the body is the storehouse of this energy, and the generator of all movements carried out through the body's different instruments, such as hands, legs, eyes, ears, tongue, etc.. Allah the Exalted has given man his body so that he may be able to implement his aims and goals in life.

It is one of Allah's blessings and creations, given to man to use it to enact the decisions of his life according to Allah's plan that defines his dealings in life, and charts out his way of living; as man's body is created in such a shape to suit the natural conditions and circumstances surrounding him: (( لقد خلقنا الأنسان في أحسن تقويم )) ( التين / 4 ) "Surely We created man of the best stature.

'' Sura Al- Tin (95:4) In order to suit the human responsibilities imposed upon him, it is a sacred duty of man to care for, and look after the physical soundness of his body duly stressed and encouraged by the Glorious Qur' an: (( وأبتغ فيما آتاك الله الدار الآخرة ولا تنسَ نصيبك َ من الدنيا ... )) ( القَصص /77 ) "But seek the abode of the Hereafter in that which Allah hath given thee and neglect not thy portion of the world...

'' Sura Al - Qasas (28:77) This is for the sake of keeping man's natural system and its balance, which is to regulate nature's laws in the human body.