 
The Explicitly Designed Composition Of The Atmosphere
 Breathing
might mean to you nothing more than inhaling air and then
letting it back out. However, for this process to work properly,
a system which is perfect from all aspects has been established.
We need not make the slightest effort whatsoever in order
to breathe. In fact, perhaps most people have never consciously
thought about the process at all. Everybody needs to breathe
continuously, from the moment we come into this world until
we die. All the necessary conditions, in both our body and
our environment, have been created by Allah and, therefore,
we are able to breathe easily in this way.
First of all, for a person to breathe, it is necessary that
the balance of gasses in the atmosphere be arranged just right.
Even a slight change in this balance could prove fatal but
such failures do not occur at all, because the Earth's atmosphere
is a unique mixture that was designed as a combination of
very specific conditions all mixed together in a way that
functions flawlessly.
The Earth's atmosphere is made up of nitrogen (77%), oxygen
(21%), carbon dioxide (1%), argon and other gasses. Let's
begin with the most important of these gasses, that is, oxygen.
Oxygen is very important because living things need this gas
in order to live. To get oxygen, we breathe. The oxygen ratio
in the air is maintained at an extremely delicate balance.
The atmosphere's preservation of the balance of its oxygen
ratio is realized by means of a perfect "recycling"
system. Human beings and animals continuously consume oxygen
while they produce and expel carbon dioxide gas, which is
poisonous for them. Plants, on the other hand, carry out just
the opposite process and maintain survival by transforming
carbon dioxide into oxygen. Every day, billions of tons of
oxygen are released into the atmosphere by plants in this
way.
Now, if human beings and animals carried out the same chemical
reactions as do plants, the Earth, in a very short time, would
become an unlivable planet. If both animals and plants produced
oxygen, the atmosphere would become extremely combustible
and the smallest spark would cause huge fires. Ultimately,
in such a scenario, the Earth would be reduced to a cinder.
If, on the other hand, both plants and animals produced carbon
dioxide, then the oxygen in the atmosphere would quickly run
out and, in short order, all living things would begin to
die of suffocation.
All this shows that Allah created the Earth's atmosphere especially
for human life. The universe is not an uncontrolled, chaotic
place. It has been planned in every detail and Allah, the
possessor of eternal power, brought it into being.
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