Islam As It Is
Belief in God
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the same atoms accumulate elsewhere in different
proportions they flow in cascades: in yet other
places, they take the form of subtle breezes or are
fashioned into fertile soil. All these things may be
made up of the same atoms, but the nature and
properties of each separate object are widely
different.
This miraculous world provides man with endless
resources, which he puts to good use whenever he
learns how to tap them. Massive supplies of
whatever he needs in life are constantly being
accumulated, and man himself has to do very little
in order to avail of them. Take, for instance, the
food that he eats. He has but to stretch out his hand
for the huge quantities of valuable nourishment
which, as part of the order of the cosmos, has been
made available to him. Once he has it in his
possession, all he has to move are his hands and his
jaws so that the food should reach his stomach.
Then without any further effort on his part, the food
is absorbed by the body and is turned into flesh,
blood, bones, nails, hair and other parts of the
human body. Where food keeps the human body
going,
petroleum,
another
great
earthly
