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In the Name of Allah, The All-Merciful and Most Merciful

sisted that force and worked to bring the resulting matter to-
gether. It was because of the perfect balance between these two
forces that the universe came into being. If this gravitational
force had been stronger (or weaker) than the explosion’s
force, then the universe would have collapsed upon itself (or
dispersed) without expanding (or being brought together
again).

Stephen Hawking affirms this extraordinary balance:
“Why did the universe start out with so nearly the critical rate of

expansion that separates models that recollapse from those that go
on expanding forever, so that even now, ten thousand million years
later, it is still expanding at nearly the critical rate? If the rate of
expansion one second after the big bang had been smaller by even
one part in a hundred thousand million, the universe would have

recollapsed before it ever reached its present size.” (Stephen W.
Hawking, A Brief History of Time [London: Bantam Books,
1988], 121.) This delicate adjustment is only one proof that
corroborates Allah’s incomparable creation, for it is impossi-
ble that the universe and all of its contents could come into
being after a random explosion. All of the details that we see
before our eyes are proofs of Allah’s existence and supreme
power – and only thinking people can perceive them. The
universe’s perfect balance, extraordinarily delicate design,

and flawless harmony are a manifestation of Allah as the All
Merciful and Most Merciful.

When we look at our Solar System’s structure, we
find the same extraordinary balance. The force that prevents

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