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THE MIRACLE IN THE ATOM

ut a time lapse as short as one over quadrillion times quadrillion of a se-
cond. The temperature is still extraordinarily high, at 10 29
(100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) K. No atoms were yet cre-
ated at this stage. 6
◆ One more step, and we are at 10 seconds. This time pe-
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riod indicates one hundredth of a second. By now, the tempe-
rature is 100 billion degrees. At this point, the "early univer-
se" has started to form. Particles like the proton and neut-
ron forming the nucleus of the atom have not yet appe-
ared. There is only the electron and its antiparticle, the
positron (anti-electron), because the temperature and
speed of the universe at that point only allow the for-
mation of these particles. In less than a second after
the explosion has taken place out of nothing, electrons
and positrons have formed.
From this moment on, the time of the formation
of each sub-atomic particle is very important. Every
particle has to emerge at a specific moment so that
the current rules of physics may be established. It is
of great importance which particle is to form first.
Even a slight deviation in the sequence or timing wo- Univers
uld make it impossible for the universe to take its cur- transpar
rent shape.
Let us stop now and do some thinking.
The Big Bang theory provides evidence for Allah's
being by showing that all matter comprising the univer-
se originated from nothingness. It did even more and
showed that the building blocks – the atoms – also came in-
to existence from nothing less than one second after the Big
3 MINUTES
Protons and neutrons
Following moment "0" when no matter or time
form atomic nuclei.
existed and when the explosion occurred, the
universe, and its building blocks, the atoms, were
created out of nothing within a great scheme.

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