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THE MIRACLE IN THE ATOM

mewhat like a cloud or fog of some sort surrounding the nucleus. It be-
haves like nothing you have ever seen before. There is one simplificati-
on at least. Electrons behave in this respect in exactly the same way as
photons; they are both screwy, but in exactly the same way. How they
behave, therefore, takes a great deal of imagination to appreciate, beca-
use we are going to describe something that is different from anything
you know about. 21
Because scientists were never able to explain the behaviour of electrons,
as a solution they gave a new name to it: "Quantum Mechanical Motion". Let
us again quote from Professor Feynman who in the following words states
the exceptional nature of that and the awe he feels:
Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how
can it be like that?' because you will get 'down the drain', into a blind al-
ley from which nobody has yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be
like that. 22
Yet, the blind alley Feynman refers to here is actually not so. The reason
why some people can never figure a way out of this dilemma is that despite
substantial evidence, they cannot accept that these incredible systems and
equilibriums have been brought into existence by the sublime Creator. The
situation is extremely clear: Allah created the universe when it was not, fur-
nished it with extraordinary balances and brought it into being without any
preceding example. The answer to the scientists' question "How can it be li-
ke that?" that can never be solved, nor understood, lies in the fact that Allah
is the Creator of everything and that everything exists only by His command
"Be!"
To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth. When
He decides on something, He just says to it, 'Be!' and it is. (Surat al-
Baqarah: 117)

The World Full of Colour Whose Gates are
Opened by Electrons
Have you ever thought what it would be like to live in a world without
colour? Try to visualise your body, the people around you, the seas, the sky,
trees, flowers, in short, everything in black. You would never want to live in

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