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The Origin of Life and the Universe

them, and indeed between all stars, must be very space. Yet this highly sensitive balance has been
close to the actual observed figure. (Michael Den- put in place, and the system survives because it
ton, Nature’s Destiny: How the Laws of Biology is maintained by that balance.
Reveal Purpose in the Universe, New York: The At this point it needs to be stated that the
Free Press: 1998, p. 11) balance in question is instituted separately for
each planet because the planets lie at very different
Perfect Order in the Solar System distances from the sun. Their masses are also
One of the areas where we can most clearly very different. They all therefore need to have dif-
observe the regularity in the universe is the solar ferent orbital velocities in order not to fly away
system, home to our earth. The solar system con- into space or plunge into the sun. Almighty God
tains eight planets and 54 satellites dependent on reveals this glorious order He has created in this
those planets. In order of their proximity to the verse:
sun, these planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, “It is not for the sun to overtake the moon
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. The nor for the night to outstrip the day; each
only one of these planets and 54 satellites with a one is swimming in a sphere.” (Surah Ya
surface and atmosphere suited to life is our Earth. Sin, 40)
When we look at the structure of the Solar Each one of the planets in the universe, great
System, we again encounter a remarkable balance. or small, is a component that is of crucial importance
The effect that pro- to this order. Ne-
tects the planets from ither their positi-
being cast off into the ons in space nor
icy depths of space their courses are
is the balance betwe- at all random:
en the “gravitational On the contrary,
attraction of the sun” they are all crea-
and the “centrifugal ted with nume-
force” of the planets. rous details,
Due to its great gra- some of which
vitational force, the we know and ot-
sun attracts the pla- hers not, and for
nets toward it, while a specific purpo-
they try to escape se. Indeed, of all
from it through the the factors that
centrifugal force set affect the balan-
up by their orbits. Ho- ces in the uni-
wever, if the planets’ verse, just a mi-
orbits were slightly nute change in
slower, these planets the position of
would be pulled to- the planets wo-
ward the sun and be swallowed by it in a tremen- uld be enough to tear apart all these inter-related
dous explosion. balances. Yet these balances are never compro-
The opposite might also apply. If the planets mised, and the perfect order in the universe con-
orbited the sun slightly faster, the power of the tinues uninterrupted. This is the immaculate
sun would be unable to restrain them and the pla- creation by Almighty God.
nets would simply spin off into the void of outer

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