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to the corners of rooms, and in short all
                                             objects would fall and roll until
                                              everything finally came to a stop at the
                                               lowest point. In a frictionless world,
                                               all knots would untie, screws and

                                               nails would come off, no cars could
                                              ever brake, while sounds would
                                              never die but echoe endlessly.
                                               All of these laws of physics are clear
                                         proofs that the universe, just like all the
                                     creatures within it, is a product of divine design.
                   All products of
                   technology        In fact, the laws of physics are nothing but
                   make use of
                   friction in one   human explanations and descriptions of the
                   form or the
                   other. The        divine order that Allah has created. Allah has
                   engine of a
                                     created the unchanging laws of order in the
                   vehicle
                   functions by      universe and put them in the service of humans
                   help of friction.
                                     so that man will reflect upon and understand
            the Sovereignty of Allah and give thanks for His blessings.
                 One can continue giving countless examples in illustration of the order
            in the creation of Allah. Every created thing since the formation of the
            universe millions of years ago has been brought into existence by nothing

            other than the Omniscience and Sovereignty of Allah.

                    SOME FUNDAMENT AL CONST ANTS OF PHYSICS

            In the universe there                            that illustrate the perfect
            are unchanging laws                              creation of the universe
            that affect all animate                          just as it does the perfect
            as well as inanimate                             creation evident in the
            things. Physicists use                           beings living therein. If
            various constants of                             these constants were to
            physics to explain                               change slightly, neither
            these unchanging laws.                           the earth on which we live
            These constants are                              nor the universe could
            among the evidence                               have existed.
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