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duce carbon dioxide. Plants, on the other hand, con-
sume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. They main-
tain the continuity of life by turning carbon dioxide
into oxygen. Every day, billions of tons of oxygen are
produced by plants and released into the atmosphere.
One point deserves special mention here. Why do
only plants produce oxygen? Would not life be easier
if all living beings produced oxygen?
No, absolutely not! Life would not be easier. On
the contrary, if animals and human beings also pro-
duced oxygen, the oxygen ratio in the atmosphere
would increase so much that the atmosphere would
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become "flammable" in a short while. Consequently, a
tiny spark would cause enormous fires.
On the other hand, if all living beings, including
plants, produced carbon dioxide, then the oxygen in
the atmosphere would be quickly consumed and living
things would start dying of "suffocation" in great
numbers, since there would no longer be any oxygen
to breathe.
Dear Children, as you see, apart from protecting
us, the atmosphere preserves the oxygen we need to
breathe. Allah has created many interrelated systems to
keep the oxygen level stable. That is, Allah has created
