God Arises
The Challenge of The Qur’an
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revolve as part of galactic systems, just as our earth
and the planets revolve around the sun.
Just as within the Solar systems, many planets and
asteroids are situated at great distances from each
other, yet revolve according to one system, likewise
every material body is composed of innumerable
‘Solar Systems’ on an infinitesimally small scale.
These systems are called atoms. While the vacuum
of the Solar System is observable, the vacuum of the
atomic system is too small to be visible. That is, all
things, however solid they appear, are hollow from
the inside. For instance, if all the electrons and
protons present within the atoms of a six foot tall
man were to be squeezed in such a manner that no
space were left, his body would be reduced to such
a tiny spot as would be visible only through a
microscope.
The farthest galaxy that has been observed is
situated several million light years away from the
sun. Yet it is held that if the total quantum of cosmic
matter as worked out by astrophysicists—and it is
enormous—were to be compressed so as to
eliminate all space, the size of the universe would
