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The Atom’s Astonishing Detail

Each atom consists of protons and neutrons bonded together

in the nucleus, around which electrons revolve rapidly. Since the
neutron carries no electrical charge and the proton has a positive
charge, the nucleus is positively charged. The electron, on the oth-
er hand, has a negative charge proportional to the proton’s positive
charge. If the proton and the electron’s electrical charges were un-
equal, the proton’s greater electricity would cause all atoms to be
positively charged and thus repel each other. As a result, every-
thing on Earth, including human beings, the seas and mountains,
and all the planets in the Solar System and all the heavenly bodies
in the universe would suddenly break apart into countless minute
particles and cease to exist.
Throughout their lives, human beings are unaware of the sub-
atomic particles that attract each other, the electrons spinning rap-
idly around the nucleus, and their delicate internal balances and

forces. Even its minutest components contains such
breathtaking details that clearly only
Allah, the Lord of absolute will