Page 61 - Miracles Within the Molecule

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Water has other impor tant prop er ties. For exam ple, when you gen -
tly place a very light shav ing of metal on still water, you'll see that it
remains on the sur face, rath er than sink ing to the bot tom. Also, cer tain
insects are also able to walk across water with out dif fi cul ty. Metal is
heav i er than water, as are many insects, 16 so how can they remain on
the sur face in this way? The rea son, once again, points to water's being
delib er ate ly cre at ed. The hydro gen bonds that hold water mol e cu les
togeth er give rise to sur face ten sion, which aris es when mol e cu les on
the water's sur face estab lish bonds amongst them selves and also with
mol e cu les beneath. 17 For an insect's legs to sink down into the water,
some of these hydro gen bonds must be bro ken. If water lacked these
prop er ties, then fish would require a large amount of ener gy in order to
be able to swim, and there might not be the same vari e ty of spe cies liv -
ing in water than there is now.
These prop er ties of water, which are so famil iar but sel dom reflect -
ed on, are a great bless ing from Allah. Water acquires such char ac ter is -
tics, and liv ing things are able to sur vive on it and in it because Allah so
wish es. Allah has set out this fact in a verse:

The mol e cu les on the water sur face estab -
lish hydro gen bonds with one anoth er and
also with those beneath, giv ing rise tosur -
face ten sion. Some of these hydro gen bonds
need to break in order for a light insect to
sink beneath the water's sur face.

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