Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
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laid down in the Qur’an that no changes should be
made in the balance God has created by means of
His laws of reform.
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One example of universal balance is the fixity of the
distance between the sun and earth (about 90
million miles). This distance is extremely balanced,
ensuring a whole range of temperatures on earth
which is favorable to the continuance of the human
species. If this balance were upset in any way, it
would result in all kinds of disasters. For instance, if
the distance between the sun and the earth were
reduced by half, temperatures would rise to such
extremes, that everything and everyone on the
surface of the earth would be reduced to ashes.
There would be no possibility of life existing in any
form whatsoever.
The same applies to the girth of our planet. Its
present circumference is about 25,000 miles, but if
this were reduced by half, the pull of its gravity
would be so weakened that we should all go flying
off into space. If, on the contrary, the circumference
were doubled, the effect of gravity would be so
overwhelming that all growth would cease. Man
