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Bacteria perform not only a kind
of spring cleaning, but prepare
sufficient food for the life that re-
awakens every spring. Allah, Who
has unconditional mercy on all the
living things He creates, has made
bacteria responsible for sustaining
the countless different species in
lakes.
Bacteria are quite unaware of
the benefits they impart to other
organisms, nor do the living
things that come to life again in
spring wonder as to the origin of
their nutrients. They merely sub-
mit to Allah, their Creator.
Perhaps the most valuable
commodity that underground
bacteria help isolate is gold. 2
miles (3.2 kilometers) beneath the
surface, these bacteria live in veins
THE MICROWORLD MIRACLE they feed on rocks, they accelerate
of gold and work like alchemists
secretly manufacturing gold. As
the sedimentation of microscopic
particles of gold under the
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