Page 60 - Existence of Allah

THE EXISTENCE OF ALLAH

Water Lilies
Little flowers on the earth are mostly considered commonplace by
people, notwithstanding their overall perfection. What prevents people from
grasping the Creation miracles in these flowers is the familiarity brought
about by seeing them everywhere and every day. Therefore, flowers that
grow in a totally different place, under totally different conditions and in
totally different sizes will be assessed without the "glasses of familiarity" and
thus help us grasp the existence of Allah.
Amazon water lilies that grow in the sticky mud covering the bottom of
the Amazon River are interesting enough to remove the 'glasses of
familiarity' from people, because they continue their lives not in the way
people are accustomed to and witness everyday, but with a very different
struggle.
These plants start to grow in the mud at the bottom of the Amazon River,
and then reach out towards the river surface. Their goal is to reach the

Water lilies can only make use of daylight
once they have made their way from the
depths of swamps to the water surface by
extending upwards as high as 2 metres.
However, the roots of these flowers also
need oxygen. In the left picture are the
stems that stretch out from the roots of the
plant to the water surface and carry the
oxygen it obtains to the roots.

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