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Harun Yahya

Solar rays begin photosynthesis through the perspiration in leaves. Respiration
slows at night in the plant Alchemilla, and the leaves move to a state of rest.

Say: “What do you think? If Allah made it permanent day for
you till the Day of Resurrection, what Allah is there other than

Allah to bring you night to rest in? Do you not then see?”
But part of His mercy is that He has made both night and day for
you so that you can have your rest and seek His bounty, and so that
hopefully you will be thankful. (Surat al-Qasas:72-73)

5. Carbon Conversion

Plants may be thought of as factories that transform the carbon diox-
ide in the atmosphere and the oceans to produce organic compounds, and
as purification units that cleans up the environment. They do produce low
levels of carbon dioxide by way of respiration—especially at night—but
during the day, use ambient CO for photosynthesis. The balance between
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the consumption of CO by plants and single-celled organisms and its ex-
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halation by human beings and animals is established with the production

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