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ALLAH CREATED ALL OF US

How Did Other Living Things Come

Into Existence?

Human beings are not by any means the only creatures who exist on

earth. There are thousands of other living things, some of which you
know and many others you do not. Some of them are all around you; you
see them everywhere. Some of them, however, are so far away that you

only have the chance to see them in books or movies. But a closer look at
these beings would show you that they all have one feature in common.
Can you guess what that feature is? We can call it "compatibility." Now,

let's enumerate what a living thing is compatible with. They are
compatible with:

• The environment in which they live,
• Other living things with which they co-exist,
• The elements that maintain the balance of nature,

• The factors that provide benefits for human beings.
Before expanding on these, let us take a simple example to clarify

the meaning of "compatibility." Think about the sockets and plugs in your
home. They are perfectly compatible with one another. But how can you
tell that they are perfectly compatible with one another? Because there

are openings in the socket into which the prongs of the plug fit. Do you
think these are enough? The width of the plug's metal prongs is just the
same as the width of the openings in the socket. If this were not the case,

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