In order for a living thing to
survive on this planet, countless details must exist: Earth being located a
specific distance from the Sun; a specific temperature range; the carbon,
ozone, and water cycles; the minerals produced by micro-organisms; photosynthesis;
Earth’s particular angle of inclination; gravity and other forces that keep
atomic particles together; and many, many more. This world has been created in
such a way that all of these conditions are maintained. If the atmosphere that
surrounds this miraculous planet and maintains all of these balances were
removed, life would end.
A specific range of
temperature and light permits human beings to live on Earth. The flaming heat
and freezing cold in space, and its deadly rays, only reach us through the
filter-like atmosphere at levels sufficient to keep us alive. A single solar
burst gives off a level of energy equivalent to a 100-billion-ton bomb of the
kind that destroyed Hiroshima. Thanks to the atmosphere, this destructive force
reaches Earth in the most ideal form. Were a slightly higher level of infrared
and ultraviolet, gamma, and micro rays allowed through, all living things would
cease to exist.
This shield has protected
Earth for billions of years from these rays’ deadly effects. If the atmosphere
were to stop functioning, could another protective shield be established to
replace it? Is there any other method of protecting human beings from
potentially lethal rays and blazing heat? The answers to both questions is
“no,” for no human power or technology could devise such a flawless system.
This being the case, how could anyone logically expect a new atmosphere to come
into being by chance?
Nobody whose powers of reason
are fully functional and who has a conscience could even admit the possibility
of this flawless work coming into being by chance. There would also be no time
for such a waiting period, since life would come to an end in the very first
moment. In other words, our planet’s atmosphere is part of Almighty and
All-Powerful Allah’s magnificent artistry, He Who reveals His greatness at all
times and in all events:
We
placed firmly embedded mountains on Earth so it would not move under them, and
put broad valleys as roadways in it so that, perhaps, they might be guided. We
made the sky a preserved and protected roof, yet still they turn away from Our
Signs. (Surat al-Anbiya’, 31-32)
سبحانه وتعالىالله
