Page 45 - Miracles Within the Molecule

ADNAN OKTAR

you are actu al ly in the midst of a molec u lar bom bard ment. This bom -
bard ment can some times assume the state of a vio lent wind, pow er ful
enough to uproot trees and tear down build ings.
It's not only the mol e cu les in the air that move. The mol e cu les in
your skin and the book you are hold ing are also in a con stant state of
motion. You may well won der: How can a stone wall, one that even the
most pow er ful winch would have dif fi cul ty lift ing, be in a state of
motion? But a wall real ly does move—but this is mere ly in micro scop ic
vibra tion, since the mol e cu les com pris ing it are com pressed much clos -
er togeth er. Despite mat ter all around us being com prised of par ti cles in
a con stant vibra tion, it always appears solid and sound. Despite its
inner vibra tion, it never sud den ly breaks up or falls apart.
The motion of this kind among mol e cu les also must be bal anced.
The vibra tion referred to here is a form of motion that ensures equi lib ri -
um in solid bod ies. Furthermore, except in a wind or river, mol e cu les
never move in one fixed direc tion alone. Were such a pos si bil i ty to take
place, with all mol e cu les mov ing in the same direc tion, we would be
aston ished to see the din ing table trav el ing a cer tain dis tance. 12 Yet we
never actu al ly encoun ter such a pos si bil i ty because, as a bless ing from
Allah, the mol e cu les com pris ing a solid body can cel each other out.
Thus no such irreg u lar i ty of their mov ing in a sin gle, fixed direc tion
ever aris es.
Molecules' abil i ty to assume dif fer ent forms under the effect of
ther mal ener gy is also the result of their motion and ener gy. For exam -
ple, water freez es into a solid state when its mol e cu les are stay ing
togeth er. When the ice warms up and becomes liq uid again, the mol e -
cu les slide over one anoth er as a result of their being in more rapid
motion. That is why we can stir the liq uid. The final stage, steam, is
when water heats up even fur ther and its mol e cu les move well away
from each other. These mol e cu les dis tance them selves from each other
and can eas i ly spread out since they are no longer restrained by sur face
ten sion. That is why you can smell meals being cooked even in anoth er
room.

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