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Earth. It is this curious combination that not only makes available to
advanced life forms the vast energies of oxidation in a controlled and
orderly manner but has also made possible the controlled use of fire by
mankind and allowed the harnessing of the massive energies of com-
bustion for the development of technology. 95
In other words, both carbon and the oxygen have been created with
properties that are the most fit for human life. The properties of these two
elements allow us to light a fire and to make use of fire in the most con-
venient way possible. Furthermore, the world is full of sources of carbon
(such as the wood of trees) that are fit for combustion. All this is an indi-
cation that fire and the materials to start and sustain it have been specially
created to be fit for human life. In the Qur'an, Allah speaks to mankind
with these words:
He Who produces fire for you from green trees so that you use
them to light your fires. (Surah Ya Sin: 80)

The Ideal Solubility of Oxygen
The utilization of oxygen by the body is highly dependent upon the
property of this gas to dissolve in water. The oxygen that enters our lungs
when we inhale is immediately dissolved into the blood. The protein called
hemoglobin captures these oxygen molecules and carries them to the oth-
er cells of the body where, by means of the special enzyme system de-
scribed above, the oxygen is used to oxidize carbon compounds called ATP
to release their energy.
All complex organisms derive their energy in this way. However the op-
eration of this system is especially dependent upon the solubility of oxy-
gen. If oxygen were not sufficiently soluble, not enough oxygen would en-
ter the bloodstream and cells would not be able to generate the energy they
require; if oxygen were too soluble on the other hand, there would be an
excess of oxygen in the blood resulting in a condition known as oxygen
toxicity.
The difference in the water-solubility of different gases varies by as
much as a factor of a million. That is, the most soluble gas is a million times