Page 23 - Miracles of the Qur'an

This illustration shows
meteors that are about
to crash into the earth.
The celestial bodies
wandering in space
could pose a serious
threat to the Earth. Yet,
God, He Who creates
most perfectly, has made
the atmosphere a
protective roof. Thanks
to this special
protection, most
meteoroids do not harm
the Earth, as they fall to
pieces in the
atmosphere.

Most people looking at the sky do not think about the protective aspect of the atmosphere. They
almost never think what kind of a place the world would be like if this structure did not exist. The
above photo belongs to a giant crater caused by a meteor that fell in Arizona, in the USA. If the
atmosphere did not exist, millions of meteoroids would fall to the Earth and the Earth would
become an inhabitable place. Yet, the protective aspect of the atmosphere allows living things to
survive in safety. This is certainly God's protection of people, and a miracle proclaimed in the
Qur'an.

The Protected Roof