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OXYGEN-CARBON DIOXIDE
Cycle
Photosynthesis releases OXYGEN
into the atmosphere
Green plants,
trees, and algae absorb the carbon dioxide
by PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Burning of fuels release CARBON
DIOXIDE
Animals and humans breathe the
oxygen from the air
Dead organisms and feces are decomposed
by bacteria and fungi and release carbon
dioxide. The process is called
RESPIRATION.
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THE AIR:
The air cycles and Islam:
Not many references in Islam talk about he air. In one instance, the Qur’an describes
how the birds are using the air, its warm currents in order to fly.
Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the air and) the sky? Nothing
holds them up but (the power of) Allah. Verily in this are signs for those who believe.
[Qur’an 16:79]
Usually the air is referred as the ability to breathe into something to give it shape and life. Allah
Ta’lah breathed into His hands to give life to the first man and the first woman. And it is true that
the Oxygen we breathe from the air makes us live and helps purify our body. We do not make
any effort to make our lungs go; it is a natural gift!
And (remember) her (Mary) who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our
spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.
[Qur’an 21:91]
Prophets Iesa (Jesus) (PBUH) was given the miracle of life, after the permission of Allah was
given.
"And (appoint him) an apostle to the Children of Israel, (with this message): "'I have
come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay, as it were, the
figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allah’s leave: And I heal
those born blind, and the lepers, and I quicken the dead, by Allah’s leave; and I declare
to you what you eat, and what you store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if
you did believe.
[Qur’an 3:49]
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