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Snowflakes: An Incomparable Miracle

The molecules and atoms that make up a substance assume

their most regular forms when in a solid state. The shapes to which
they give rise by bonding with each other are three-dimensional
geometrical forms, the angles of which have specific rations in the
successive prisms they produce. There is never any error, devia-
tion, or alteration in this. If the atoms in a substance as small as 1
in 1 millionth of 3 cm (1.2 in) possess the perfect and flawless geo-
metrical regularity in question, then that substance must be a crys-
tal.
A snowflake is a crystal that begins forming around a minute
dust particle that is just a few microns in size. This microscopic
shape is hexagonal, and the crystal that forms grows by extending
tiny arms from its corners. The crystal grows as the air chills and
the environment changes, and capillary structures soon appear on
the emerging structure. A snowflake’s atoms are attached to each

other by loose bonds that cause crystals to bind to each other in dif-
ferent shapes. This difference is so great that it is difficult even to
imagine the odds of two identical snowflakes falling to Earth.
Let’s consider the number of snow-
flakes that fall during just one year.
We can barely estimate the number
of snowflakes that fall during a
single snow storm in just one
area. Literally trillions of snow-
flakes falls every year, and all
of them have different shapes.
How is such an amazing mira-
cle possible? Clearly, Allah cre-
ates every detail to display an ex-