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THE MIRACLE IN THE ATOM

at a specific temperature and at a specific velocity. It seems that this system,
which runs almost like a wound-up clock, had been programmed with such
fine-tuning before becoming active. This means that the Big Bang and the
perfect universe that originated as a result of the Big Bang had been desig-
ned before the inception of the explosion and afterwards put into action.
The will that arranges, designs and controls the universe is certainly
that of Allah, the Creator of everything.
This design is observable not only in the atom, but in every object in the
universe, big or small. These particles, which initially dashed away from
each other at the speed of light, not only caused the formation of hydrogen
atoms, but also gave rise to all the enormous systems contained within the
universe today, as well as the atoms, molecules, planets, suns, solar systems,
galaxies, quasars etc., according to a magnificent plan, and in perfect order
and balance. While it is impossible for the particles required to form an atom
to come together by chance and establish delicate balances, it would be far
more unreasonable and illogical to claim that planets, galaxies, and in short,
all systems that provide the workings of the universe to form by chance and
develop balances by themselves. The will that makes this unique design is
that of Allah, the Creator of the entire universe.
Other atoms formed following the hydrogen atom, which was a mirac-
le on its own. At this point, various questions come to mind such as "How
did other atoms form? Why didn't all protons and neutrons form only the
hydrogen atom? How did the particles decide which atoms they would form
and in what quantities?" The answer to these questions again takes us to the
same conclusion. There is a great power, control and design in the formation
of the hydrogen atom and all the other atoms that followed. This control and
design exceeds the capacity of the human mind and points to the fact that
the universe is obviously a "creation." The laws of physics that were establis-
hed in the aftermath of the Big Bang have not changed at all during the app-
roximately 17 billion years that have passed. Furthermore, these laws are ba-
sed on such precise calculations that even millimetric deviations from their
present values may cause results upsetting the general structure and order
in the entire universe. The words of famous physicist Prof. Stephen Haw-
king addressing this point are quite interesting. Hawking explains that these

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