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His command when He desires a thing is just to say to it, "Be!"
and it is. Glory be to Him Who has the Dominion of all things
in His Hand. To Him you will be returned. (Surah Ya Sin, 82-
83)
THE UNIVERSE'S EVENTUAL DESTRUCTION
Our world is surrounded by deadly threats. Surprisingly, even
though we know of such dangers, many of us live as if no life-
threatening danger faces the universe and as if our lives were
guaranteed. Many of us do not reflect upon death or what comes
after death.
Our world is on a long journey in an endless space. In reality, the
factors making this journey possible are more numerous than
anticipated. Earth faces many dangers on this journey: from comets
to falling stars, from black holes to supernova explosions. It must
stay in its orbit around the Sun, revolving at a constant speed on its
axis, following a spiral path at the required angle to the Sun, and
maintain all of the prevailing balances in its systems for life to be
possible on it.
However, there is no reason why external dangers should not
destroy these balances. Scientists, who point out these dangers at
every opportunity, agree that Earth could face such dangers at any
time. As Professor Carl Sagan says:
The earth is a lovely and more or less placid place. Things change but
slowly. We can lead a full life and never personally encounter a natural
disaster more violent than a storm. And so we become complacent,
relaxed, unconcerned. But in the history of Nature, the record is clear.
Worlds have been devastated. Even we humans have achieved the