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(somewhat low on both poles) globe travelling by itself with a
great speed in an orbit in space. What a great power it is that
makes all these mountains, rocks, seas, living creatures, plants
around us, improves them and gives them innumerable
peculiarities. While some animals walk on the earth, some of them
fly in the sky, and others live in water. The sun, sending its lights
unto us, provides the highest heat we could conceive of, which
causes development of plants and effects chemical changes in
some of them, which results in the formation of such substances as
flour, sugar, and many others. On the other hand, our earthly
globe is, as we know, only a tiny particle in the universe. The solar
system, which consists of planets evolving round the sun and of
which our globe is a member, is only one of the very many
universal systems whose number is beyond our knowledge. Let us
give a small example to explain the power and energy in the
universe: The latest gigantic source of energy is the atomic bomb,
which men have obtained by splitting (heavy) atomic nuclei. Yet
when the energy released by great earthquakes is compared with
the energy of an atomic bomb, which men consider to be “the
greatest source of energy,” it will be seen that the former type of
energy is equal to tens of thousands of atomic energy.
Man is mostly unaware of what a tremendous factory, an
immaculate laboratory his body is. In fact, respiration alone is a
terrific chemical event. The oxygen inhaled from the air is burned
in the body and then exhaled in the form of carbon dioxide.
The alimentary (digestive) system, on the other hand, is a
colossal factory. Nutritives received through the mouth are
decomposed and assimilated in the stomach and bowels, the
salutary essence extracted is transfused into the blood by way of
the intestines, and waste matter is discharged. This fantastic event
is automatically accomplished with super precision, and thus the
body functions like a factory.]
Neither paper nor pens would suffice to write the details of
these events. This fact is more obvious than the sun to scientists
such as astronomers, anatomists, zoologists and botanists. [And
the Creator of all these phenomena is ALLÂHU TA’ÂLÂ, who is
the owner of very great power, who never changes and who is
eternal.]
Especially the Awliyâ-i-kirâm, that is, people who have
attained to high grades in the world of souls, see very clearly how
perfectly systematic the Deeds of Allâhu ta’âlâ are. And perfect,
systematic deeds, in their turn, signify that their owner is highly
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