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The Ruler, the Director, Who governs all of
creation with order and balance
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and Earth in six
days and then established Himself firmly on the Throne. He
directs the whole affair… (Surah Yunus, 10:3)

Allah holds sway over the entire universe, for not a single atom
moves without Him knowing it. Allah is the sole ruler of everything,
from a dust particle to the planets following their orbits to the bil-
lions of inhabitants living in the micro-universe. The sky that serves
as a dome by His grace, the billions of stars, the planets proceeding
in their orbits, and the Sun have all submitted to Allah. This perfect
order proves the existence of a power that controls all of existence,
regardless of time or location. This power, which is over and above
any other power, manifests Allah’s perfect creation.
When we gaze at Earth, we encounter an amazing order. Allah
assigns every living being a particular duty, and they carry out these
duties fully. For instance, trees inhale carbon dioxide and exhale
oxygen. The soil produces edible food, rain falls in due measure and
at a particular rate, and after a lightning flash comes thunder. This
balance is always maintained. While some people die, others are
born.
Allah also rules the bodies of all living beings with great bal-
ance and order, for He has caused all organs to help one another. For
instance, people cannot make their hearts beat or their intestines di-
gest food. Nor can they be aware of the war waged by leucocytes in
their blood against microbes, or of the countless chemical reactions

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