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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)                  59



               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
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