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ome people, when they encounter something new,
may understand the extraordinary thing that they
see and be led to investigate it further. After a while
they get used to it, and the first effect it had upon them diminishes.

Especially those things or events they encounter nearly every day
become commonplace for them. This has happened to humanity,
who now finds Earth, its position, and its contents commonplace.
Those people who acquire more than an ordinary amount of
knowledge about Earth become accustomed to its wonders. For
them, it is normal to think of Earth as constantly rotating in space,
containing a layer of fire a few kilometers under their feet, constant-
ly threatened by falling meteorites, and the Sun’s indispensable ex-
istence. However, thinking people do not become accustomed to the

blessings and beauty surrounding them; rather, they always mar-
vel at Earth’s suitability to sustain life and the presence of what
is needed for this life to remain and flourish. They recall the
name the All-Merciful and Most
Merciful and give thanks for all
things, among them Earth’s
distance from the