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Evidence of God in the Universe

English book, p. 180

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

If this atmosphere had been considerably thinner than it is now, many meteorites would have fallen on the Earth. These meteorites travel at the speed of 25000 to 160000 miles per hour. They would have burnt up every flammable thing on the Earth and converted its surface into a vast field full of craters. Meteorites, which travel 90 times faster than the bullet of a gun, can turn a creature like man into pieces simply by their heat, but the Earth’s atmosphere, on account of its exceedingly accurate and appropriate thickness, protects us from this fiery onslaught. 2. The Earth’s atmosphere keeps just the right amount of density so that actinic rays of the Sun reach the Earth in just the appropriate quantity necessary for plant life. The quantity that precisely meets our needs is astounding. 3. One of the properties of water is that the density of ice is less than that of liquid water. Water has an exceptional quality: when it freezes, it becomes lighter rather than heavier. This water feature is essential for preserving aquatic life in regions where it becomes frigid in winter and water bodies freeze. Because of this feature, ice can float on the water’s surface and not sink below; otherwise, all the water would turn solid, ending all aquatic life. This ice becomes a protective layer on the water’s surface, allowing the temperature below to remain above freezing. Due to this unique quality, fish and other aquatic animals remain alive even in cold winters in regions where it snows, and water-bodies freeze. 4. At the beginning of the 20th century, when a disease

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