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producing sugar from carbon dioxide and
water by using the Sun's energy. Even though

they lack our awareness, the spinach we eat,
the lettuce in our salads and the ivy in our
houses are always in constant production for us.
This is a result of the mercy that Almighty Allah, with

His supreme knowledge, has on human beings. He has cre-
ated plants for the benefit of human beings and all ani-
mals. This flawless process that modern human tech-
nology cannot even fully understand has been
used by leaves for millions of years. In the
Qur'an, Allah tells us that a human

being cannot even create even a
single tree from nothing: 'H He
Who created the heavens
and the Earth and sends

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