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Allah has singled out the earth with another quality. He has made for it a thick atmosphere. The
atmosphere is estimated at 800 k.m. It is composed of elements necessary for life. It prevents
deadly meteors from reaching the earth and lets heat moderately reach it, that plants and animals
may live on its surface; besides it plays an effective role in carrying waters and water vapor from
the oceans to the continents. Were it not for it, the continents would be arid lands. As some
planets do not have such an atmosphere, life did not appear on them. For example, Mars has such
an atmosphere, but it is very thin and inappropriate for life, for it is void of oxygen. Venus has an
atmosphere, but it contains carbon dioxide and this makes it inappropriate for life; similarly the
moon has an atmosphere, but it is thin and void of elements necessary for life such as oxygen.[3]
Yet another distinction Allah has given to the earth. He has made it roan, that it may be
illuminatable and lightable. He has made it middle in solidity, that walking on it may be possible
and that it may accept plants and plowing; moreover, there are signs and wonders in the waters,
the rivers, and the mountains on it, and the minerals in it.
His Eminence late Imam Kashif al‐Ghitaa' has said: "Indeed among the signs by which we pass
every time and in all conditions is the earth where we live, from which we live and with which we
live, from which is our beginning, and to which is our return. From it We created you and into it
We shall send you back. We still walk on the earth. We plow and plant it. We lead a life of ease
and comfort on it. We employ it in all the affairs of life. The earth still copiously give us its boons
and its blessings, while we are inattentive and heedless and turn away from the signs on it. We
are unmindful of the great power, illustrious creation, the proofs of greatness and power on it.
The earth contains uncounted elements and endless characteristics. You sow into it the grains of
wheat, and they give you many folds of its kind. You sow into it broad beans, lentils, and other
seeds different in taste and
[1] Al‐Takamul fi al‐Islam, vol. 4, p. 66.
[2] Allah Yatajalla fi 'Asr al‐'Ilm, pp. 10‐11.
[3] Al‐Takamul fi al‐Islam, vol. 6, p.128.
characteristics, and they return them to you doubled substitutes. You sow in the same earth the
stone of a date‐palm, the seeds of grapevine, fig and apple cuttings and other kinds of fruit, and
they produce delicious fruit different in tastes and qualities." The Shaykh, may Allah have mercy
on him, has said: "The earth is the mother of three born things: inanimate beings, plants, and
animals; it takes care of them with the three supporters: water, air, and the sun. Therefore, it is
the life and death; therein is illness, and from it comes the medicine. The stars of the heaven may
be counted. As for the stars of the earth, they cannot be counted."
Yes, neither the stars of the earth, nor its minerals, nor its elements can be counted. The Qur'an
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