Quran and Rangelands

Scientists call pasture a natural ecosystem and range is an agricultural ecosystem. In this point of view although pasture that was full of plants growing by itself and not growing by human being (Pirdashti, 2007; Mohgadam, 2005) and two groups of living beings such as human being, plants, domesticated, and not living being like weather, Wind, gradient which are effective in making of pasture. So, we can see the name of so many surahes in Quran are related to pasture. Almorsalat (Winds) AlAraf, Ana’m (quadrupeds Albaghareh (ox) Al naml (ant) Al ensan (human being). Besides of these twenty surahes of Quran, there are so many names that are used in the text of holy Quran that are related to pasture. The words such as earth, soil, light, rain, water, spring, plant, tree …