The Origin and Evolution of Coronavirus Pandemic in Health Science Approach and Islamic Perspectives

Abstract

In our previous articles we have discussed the Islamic strategies for prevention and management of pandemic piseases and the preventive methods of coronavirus in Islamic perspectives and health science approach. Thse two papers came first because, if one see a snake in once room it has to killed first before looking for the source or if one see a fire in his/her house the next thing to do is to put the fire off first before looking for the source. Therefore, the current paper intends to discuss the origin and evolution of coronavirus pandemic in health science approach and Islamic perspectives. The qualitative, library based approach will be used as a research method and the data will be exclusively seek from the Qur’an, Ahadith, books, journals, and Islamic manuscripts. The findings of this study shed light that, some scientific experts traced the origin of the outbreak to a seafood market, and in one scenario, it was said the virus was through natural selection in a non-human host, the laboratory manufactured and the Muslim clerics called the virus Allah’s will to punishment. The paper shows that, the diseases have both positive and negative functions in Islam: as a punishment from Allah, as a means of trials and tribulations as well as a means of cleansing from sin. The paper therefore, concludes that, it remains unclear exactly how the virus originated and first spread to humans. In Islam therefore, it happens with His knowledge and permission because with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures.