And the third is composition from identical elements*** called the atoms, the individual units of the universe (Explanation of the third type of composition, mentioning its name, and stating that every body is composed of atoms, which Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim affirmed, and which modern science has confirmed)
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The Shaykh : He said: "And the third is composition from identical elements *** called the atoms, the individual units of the universe"
This composition in the substance
The student: The pillars
The Shaykh : The pillars are the individual units of the universe; "pillars" is also appropriate. The third is the composition of the individual or the substance; a thing is composed with another that is similar to it, similar to it. And although Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) and the Shaykh al-Islam spoke of this centuries ago, modern science has confirmed it. The issue of atomic science or atomic bombs falls under this category, because everything, even if it is identical, revolves around something. Everything in humans and in non-humans consists of atoms, some revolving around others, and these bodies are formed from them. There is the soft, which does not adhere much to others, and there is the hard, which is tightly and abundantly joined with the other. That is why we find a difference between the softness of cotton and the hardness of iron or stones, because each of the iron and stones is bound to the other with strength, unlike this soft thing. They call this the individual substance, just as the philosophers previously called it the individual substance. It is now established and is the basis of atomic bombs, because the theory is that the components of bodies in the bomb break apart and disperse, causing the cracking of mountains and walls, and even in the human body itself. Yes, he says, and the fourth
"And the third is composition from identical elements *** called the atoms, the individual units of the universe"
This composition in the substance
The student: The pillars
The Shaykh : The pillars are the individual units of the universe; "pillars" is also appropriate. The third is the composition of the individual or the substance; a thing is composed with another that is similar to it, similar to it. And although Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) and the Shaykh al-Islam spoke of this centuries ago, modern science has confirmed it. The issue of atomic science or atomic bombs falls under this category, because everything, even if it is identical, revolves around something. Everything in humans and in non-humans consists of atoms, some revolving around others, and these bodies are formed from them. There is the soft, which does not adhere much to others, and there is the hard, which is tightly and abundantly joined with the other. That is why we find a difference between the softness of cotton and the hardness of iron or stones, because each of the iron and stones is bound to the other with strength, unlike this soft thing. They call this the individual substance, just as the philosophers previously called it the individual substance. It is now established and is the basis of atomic bombs, because the theory is that the components of bodies in the bomb break apart and disperse, causing the cracking of mountains and walls, and even in the human body itself. Yes, he says, and the fourth
"And the third is composition from identical elements *** called the atoms, the individual units of the universe"