 
The Solar System's Perfect Order
 When you
go outside, the sunlight strikes your face without bothering
you, and you owe this to the perfect order existing within
the solar system. The sun, which conveys a pleasant warmth
and light for our benefit, is only, in fact, like a deep pit
consisting of red gas clouds. It is made up of whirlpools
of giant flames which gush from the boiling surface to millions
of kilometers away, and of giant tornados rising to the surface
from the bottom. These could be fatal to mankind. Yet, the
atmosphere and the magnetic field of the Earth filter all
the deadly harmful rays of the sun before they reach us. It
is this perfect order in the solar system that makes the Earth
a livable planet.
When we look at the structure of the solar system, we find
a very delicate balance. What protects the planets of the
solar system from splitting off from the system and being
hurled into the freezing cold of outer space is the balance
between the gravity of the sun and the centrifugal force of
the planets. The sun attracts all the planets through the
great force of gravity it exerts, while they continuously
counter this attraction by means of their centrifugal force
owing to their moving in their orbits. But if these planets
rotated at a slightly slower speed, they would be attracted
by the sun so strongly that they would plunge into the solar
giant and be swallowed in a huge explosion. The opposite of
this is also possible. If the planets rotated at a greater
speed, this time the gravitational force of the sun wouldn't
be enough to hold them and the planets would be hurled into
the void of outer space. However, a very delicate balance
has been established, and the system continues to exist because
it maintains this balance.
In the meantime, it is important to note that the above-mentioned
balance is established for each planet separately because
each planet's distance from the sun is unique. In addition,
their masses are different. For this reason, for each one
of them, a different rotation speed has been established so
that they can avoid both colliding with the sun and being
hurled off into outer space.
This example constitutes only minor evidence for the magnificent
balance in the solar system. Anyone who possesses reason can
understand that the balance which puts giant planets and the
entire solar system into order, and which moreover keeps this
order for day after day and century after century, cannot
have come into existence by chance. It is evident that this
order has been delicately calculated. Allah, the All-Powerful,
shows us, with the perfect details He has created in the universe,
that everything is under His control. Astronomers such as
Kepler and Galileo, scientists who worked to uncover the extraordinarily
sensitive balance in the solar system, stated many times that
this system indicated a very obvious design and constituted
evidence for the sovereignty of Allah over the entire universe.
Allah creates and holds everything with His boundless knowledge;
He is All-Powerful.
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