Page 23 - Wonders of Allah's Creation

When meteors fall on other planets, they create
giant craters, but when they fall on earth, they
don’t cause much harm.
So how do meteors cause great damage to the
surfaces of other planets but not to the surface of
earth?
The reason for this is the atmosphere that

surrounds earth. The atmosphere encircles our
planet as a protective shield. A meteor entering
the atmosphere shrinks through combustion. When
it comes closer to the surface of earth, it becomes
even smaller. Therefore, the meteor becomes very
small or even diminishes and disappears
completely by the time it reaches the surface of
the earth, and causes us no harm.
The atmosphere doesn’t only prevent the harm

of meteors but it also absorbs harmful rays that
come from the Sun. Yet again, if these harmful
rays were able to reach earth’s surface, it would
have been impossible for living things to survive.
The two characteristics we have mentioned here
are more than enough to show us that the
atmosphere is not some haphazard thing. Allah—

Who has endless mercy upon all living things on
earth and Who at the same time has eternal
power—has created the atmosphere, and with this
atmosphere, He
protects us from
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