the Quran is not a book of science but a
book of science yet it contains some
undeniable facts related to science some
of these science have been discovered
others we are yet to discover Islam is a
religion based upon reason and proof
Islam strongly urges mankind to study
and explore the universe and the world
around us Allah has not forbidden
mankind to question Allah tells us
throughout the Quran to contemplate and
investigate the heavens and the Earth
Allah says verily in the creation of the
heavens and the Earth and in the
alternation of Night and Day there are
indeed signs for men of understanding
who remember Allah while standing or
sitting or lying on their sides and give
thought to the creation of the heavens
and the Earth saying our Lord you did
not create this aimlessly exalted are
you above such a thing then protect us
from the punishment of the fire these
verses are just a few that strongly
imply that contemplating the world
around us is an integral part of faith
there is a verse in the Quran which says
and we made the sky a protected ceiling
but they from the signs are turning away
so what is it that Allah says he has
made the sky a protected ceiling let's
take a closer look at our Earth's
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atmosphere layers of the Earth's
atmosphere stand outside and look up
what do you see you might see a blue sky
or a woolly Cloud at night you might see
stars a satellite or a Cresent Moon what
you are not seeing however is the
complexity of our atmosphere
the atmosphere is a protective layer of
gases that shelter all life on Earth
keeping temperatures within a relatively
small range and blocking out harmful
rays of sunlight the atmosphere is
divided into five layers it is thickest
near the surface and thins out with
height until it eventually merges with
space number one the troposphere is a
layer above the surface and contains
half of the Earth's atmosphere the
troposphere begins at the Earth's
surface and extends from 4 to 12 MI 6 to
20 km High weather occurs in this layer
the height of the troposphere varies
from the equator to the pulse number two
the stratosphere the stratosphere is a
second layer many jet aircrafts fly in
the stratosphere because it is very
stable the stratosphere extends around
31 Mi 50 km down to anywhere from 4 to
12 MI 6 to 20 km above the Earth's
surface this layer holds 19% of the
atmosphere gases but very little water
vapor number three the mesop fere is the
third layer this layer extends around 31
m 50 km above the Earth's surface to 53
M 85 km number four the thermosphere
between 53 Mi 85 km and 375 Mi 600 km
lies the thermosphere it is also West
bace shuttle's orbit number five the
fifth layer is the exosphere this
atmosphere merges into space this is the
upper layer of our atmosphere it extends
from the top of the thermosphere to
6,200 Mi 10,000 km above the Earth Earth
now let's take a closer look at the
different layers of the atmosphere and
how they help humans and all living
things on earth to survive here are just
a few benefits of the Earth's atmosphere
breathing the inhabitants of Our Planet
live in the troposphere the lowest part
of the atmosphere is called the
troposphere the gases in this region are
predominantly molecular oxygen and
molecular nitrogen Earth's atmosphere
varies in density and composition as the
altitude increases above the surface all
weather is confined to this lower region
and it contains 90% of the Earth
atmosphere and 99% of the water
vapor a radiation Shield the atmosphere
of Earth protects us and all living
things on the Earth from dangerous
radiation from the Sun in addition to
the light we see the sun also gives off
ultraviolet radiation much of it is
filtered out by the atmosphere
ultraviolet radiation can destroy living
cells causing harm to our skin and
leading to skin cancer the sun's rays
are important for us they provide light
and heat but also contain dangerous rays
that can harm us the atmosphere helps to
prot detectors about 90% of the ozone in
the Earth's atmosphere is found in the
region called the stratosphere this is
the atmospheric layer between the 16 and
48 km 10 and 30 Mi above the Earth's
surface ozone forms a kind of layer in
the stratosphere where it is more
concentrated than anywhere else ozone
and oxygen molecules in the stratosphere
absorb ultraviolet light from the sun
providing a shield that prevents this
radiation from passing to the Earth's
surface while both oxygen and ozone
together absorb 95 to 99.9% of the Sun
's ultraviolet radiation only ozone
effectively absorbs the most energetic
ultraviolet radiation known as a UVC and
UVB the ultraviolet light can cause
biological damage light skin cancer
tissue damages to the eye and plant
tissue damage the protective role of the
ozone layer in the upper atmosphere is
so vital that life on land probably
would not exist today without it the
security blanket the atmosphere also
keeps us warm it holds the surface heat
on the earth and prevents it from
radiating out into space without of the
atmosphere holding in the heat the Earth
will be a very cold place on the moon
where there is no atmosphere the daytime
temperature can be extremely hot and at
night time temperatur is extremely cold
without the blanket of the atmosphere we
might freeze or
fry as the mesosphere extends upward
above the stratosphere temperatures
decrease the coldest parts of our
atmosphere are located in this layer and
can reach - 90° Centigrade the gases
include the oxygen molecules continue to
become more dense as one descends as
such temperature increases as one
descends Rising above 5° f- 15°
Centigrade near the bottom of this layer
the gases in the mesosphere are now
thick enough to slow down meteos
hurtling into the atmosphere where they
burn up a meteoroid is a solid body in
interplanetary space before it reaches
the Earth's atmosphere meteos are caused
by the entry of small pieces of rock
dust or metal from space into the
atmosphere at extremely high speeds they
can travel at this rate very easily in a
vacuum of space because there's nothing
to stop them Earth's atmosphere on the
other hand is full of matter which
creates a great deal of friction on the
traveling objects this friction
generates enough heat up to 3000° F or
1,649 de centigrade to raise the
meteoroids surface to its boiling point
so this meteoroid is vaporized layer by
layer a meteor denotes the fiery streak
or shooting sta which appears when a
tiny meteoroid strikes the Earth's
atmosphere and up most meteors result
from meteoroids no more than a few CM up
to 25 million meteors arrive each day
scientists estimate that anywhere
between 44 and 100 tons of meteoric
material fall on the earth each day
after it burns up in the mesop fere
imagine the Earth being pelted with up
to 25 million MOS each day without the
protection of the
mesophi now please take a few moments to
think reflect and contemplate as you can
see the atmosphere plays a crucial role
in protecting humans and all living
things on earth and the Quran pointed to
the sky protection as a sign of God
over, 1400 years ago in a time when all
this was unknown to the people and which
has only been discovered recently and
that is why God says in the Quran verily
in the creation of the heavens and the
Earth and in the alternation of Night
and Day there are indeed signs for men
of understanding now is this not a clear
sign for the person of understanding to
reflect
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