Page 46 - The Glory in the Heavens

(21,600,000°F). There is nothing as hot on Earth with

which you could compare this temperature! Your

hands can hardly touch water around 50°C (120°F).

Even on hot summer days, the temperature remains at
about 40–50°C (105-120°F). This example shows that

Allah tuned the distance between Earth and the Sun

most delicately. If the Sun were a little closer to us,

everything on the world would be withered and dried

by the heat and turn into ashes. However, if it were a

little more distant, everything would freeze. Of course,

life would not be possible in either case.
Polar regions, where heat from the Sun is
44 received less, are always covered with ice. The equa-

tor, on the other hand, the region where many more

solar rays are received, is always hot. Allah has creat-

ed these regions as examples for us. Other regions are

more suitable to support life for human beings. This

If our Sun were
closer to Earth,
our planet would
become
overheated.
All of these
delicate
balances are
under Allah's
control.