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

tains this balance. Allah’s eternal knowledge rules

every atom and molecule of this perfectly operating sys-
tem, and without His eternal power, no oxygen and nitrogen
molecules could have been assembled. The atmosphere could
be composed of heavy and malodorous gasses that would
make our breathing difficult. However Allah, in His endless
mercy, created the atmosphere so that we can breathe comfort-
ably, for He is the Guardian Who protects, watches over, and

sustains all life: In one of the verses it is revealed as follows:
“…and you will not harm Him at all. My Lord is the Preserver
of everything” (Surah Hud, 57). Allah created the uni-
verse and adorned its system with millions of varied details;
He controls it and preserves it at every moment. He created
everything from nothing and designed a perfect order ruling
over creation with His intelligence and power. And He still cre-
ates this order, watching over it and protecting it at every mo-
ment: Allah reveals this truth in the verses: “Your Lord is (as a

Guardian) on a watch-tower.” (Surat al-Fajr, 14).
The atmosphere’s numerical values are important not on-
ly for breathing, but also for keeping the blue planet blue. If the
atmospheric pressure fell by one-fifth, the rate of evaporation
would increase and accumulate in high proportions in the at-
mosphere, thereby raising Earth’s temperature excessively. If
the atmospheric pressure rose by 1, evaporation would de-

crease greatly and nearly all of the planet would become desert.
All of these balances, like other aspects of Earth, show that our
atmosphere has been created specially to sustain life. The Lord
Who rules the universe created matter from nothing and
shaped it according to His will; He holds the galaxies, the stars,
and the planets in His power and has made them serve hu-

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