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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
that something is wrong in their body and that they should
go to the doctor. If there were no pain, how would people
know that they have stomach problems or kidney stones? If
this were not known, the illness would remain unknown un-
til it intensified and somehow became noticeable. But, in His
mercy, Allah makes people feel the symptoms of every illness,
thereby enabling them to be diagnosed in advance.
The sense of smell is an incomparable manifestation
of Allah as the All-Merciful and Most Merciful. Such smells as
those that belong to roses, carnations, lilacs, jasmine, laven-
der, grass, spring flowers, orange, tangerine and lemon blos-
soms, various aromas, spices, toast, tea and coffee at break-
fast, meat cooking on the grill, or the clean smell of soap are
blessings from His endless generosity. What we define as
smell is actually molecules that are released from objects. For
example, what we perceive as the smell of freshly ground cof-
fee is actually the pleasant aroma of airborne molecules car-
rying the coffee’s smell. The more intensely molecules are
given off, the stronger the smell is. The reason a cake cooking
in the oven smells more than a stale cake is because it releas-
es more particles into the surrounding environment, since
heat allows the molecules of smell to move freely and spread
over a wide area.
At this point, we should take note of the order and deli-
cate balances in human life. Some things have no smell, such
as stones, steel, and glass, because they do not give off mole-
cules at room temperature. If everything in your room had a
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