Introduction

In order to fully appreciate the marvels in any construction or invention, one first needs to assemble detailed information about it and how it must have come to be.



For example, someone who lacks full, detailed knowledge concerning the pyramids of Egypt at Giza may dismiss them as simply so many piles of stone in the middle of the desert, and be quite unable to understand why they were widely considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Yet when one discovers that each one of these pyramids consists of some 2.3 million stone blocks weighing an average of 2.5 tons (2.75 short tons) each, that gives him pause. And when he learns about the geometrical knowledge used in the pyramids' location, the accuracy in the cutting of their blocks, the enormous sizes of the structures and the prevailing technology that was applied during the times in question, it is clear that one is dealing with a great miracle. Further, when one also learns about the pyramids' internal design, the secret chambers in them and many other hidden features, then one's amazement increases exponentially.



An even greater complexity is also displayed in the human body, which possesses many marvelous features in addition to the perfection of its external appearance. Without learning and reflecting on these details, you cannot come to a full realization of the miracles occurring within you. The fact is, however, extraordinary, near-instantaneous events take place inside your body whenever you fear that a car is about to run into you, when you catch the flu, suffer a rise in blood pressure, or even greet a friend. Molecules invisible to the naked eye work like honeybees inside your cells, performing in a matter of seconds or even microseconds actions that are so complex and require such sophisticated expertise that even cellular biologists have some difficulty in comprehending them—much less explaining them.



Almighty God, Creator of the entire universe and all living things and human beings without doubt created these molecules, with their flawless systems and breathtaking abilities, for a particular purpose. For that reason, it behooves anyone possessed of reason and good conscience to learn and reflect on the miracles in God's creation. Learning about them will be help you better understand the infinite might, knowledge, intelligence, greatness and glory of our Lord, the Creator of all these marvels.



As God has revealed in one verse:



... Only those of His servants with knowledge have fear of God. God is Almighty, Ever-Forgiving. (Surah Fatir, 28)



This book has been written to set forth certain proofs of the existence of our Lord, the Compassionate and Merciful, and the perfection of His creation, in a manner that every reader can easily comprehend. Man is an entity created by God. As you shall be discovering throughout this book, humans—right down to their tiniest atoms and molecules—behave with God's permission and knowledge and, like all entities in the universe, are totally submitted to Him. As God reveals in verses:



Everyone in the heavens and earth belongs to Him. All are submissive to Him. It is He Who originated creation and then regenerates it. That is very easy for Him. His is the most exalted designation in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surat ar-Rum, 26-27)



In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are signs for people with intelligence: those who remember God, standing, sitting and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: "Our Lord, You have not created this for nothing. Glory be to You! So safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire." (Surah Al'Imran, 190-191)

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1

Monitors That Control the Level of Fluids in the Blood

The level of water within the human body is of the greatest importance, because if it falls below a certain level or accumulates to excess, that life-giving water can give rise to possibly fatal results. Do you know what the ideal amount of water in your body is? Moreover, are you able to determine the amount of water your body contains and take steps to maintain that ideal level? Of course not! Until you read this page, you may never even have considered that question. That is because your body contains an extraordinary self-governing system that flawlessly performs this important duty for you. The details of this system contain a number of astonishing miracles. Let us now examine it in some detail:

Figure 1. Hypothalamus cells are responsible for measuring the amount of liquid in the blood.

Figure 2. When the level of fluid in the blood falls below normal levels, the hypothalamus cells take the necessary precautionary measures and go into emergency mode.

     





Molecular structure of the hormone vasopressin.

Figure 3. A hypothalamus cell in emergency mode immediately transmits a message to the pituitary gland at the back of the brain.



In the membranes of hypothalamus cells in the brain, there are receptors whose job is to measure the fluid level in the blood. Notice that it isn't a laboratory staff or trained doctors who determine the level of fluid in the circulatory system, but minute receptors in the delicate membranes of cells that are themselves too small to be perceived with the naked eye.



In order to comprehend the scale of the information, ability and technical prowess that this vital function requires, we can use a comparison: No one can say for certain what the percentage of water is in a bottle of blood set down in front of him. Expert knowledge is essential in order to make any accurate calculation. And by itself, even that is not enough. A laboratory and equipment capable of making the necessary measurements are also needed. Yet receptors in the cell membrane make these measurements flawlessly, endlessly throughout a person's life, with no prior knowledge and using no equipment. (Figure 1)



Yet the responsibilities of these tiny receptors go even further. If they determine that the level of fluid in the blood has dropped below the necessary level, they immediately take appropriate measures. This in itself is quite extraordinary. In addition, the receptors not only determine the fluid levels, but also know what their ideal level should be and when necessary, sound the alarm. (Figure 2.) The receptor, in a state of alert, immediately sends a message to the pituitary gland located at the rear of the brain. (Figure 3.)

Figure 4. When the pituitary gland receives the message sent by the hypothalamus, it releases into the bloodstream a greater amount of the stored-up hormone vasopressin.

At this point, various important questions need to be considered. How do these receptors know the location—and existence—of the pituitary gland? Moreover, how did they learn that help will be forthcoming from that gland in an emergency? No doubt that the answer to all these questions is the inspiration of our Almighty Lord. As with all the living things He has created, Almighty God, Lord of infinite might, inspires these receptors with the most perfect knowledge to fulfill their responsibilities.

Figure 5.

After its manufacture, the hormone vasopressin is packaged inside another protein.

Figure 6.

The packaged vasopressin is transferred to the pituitary gland and stored there, to be used when the time comes.

As soon as the pituitary gland receives the message, it begins to release into the bloodstream greater amounts of the hormone vasopressin stored inside it. However, what kind of message does the pituitary gland receive? How is the pituitary gland able to understand a message from another organ and immediately go into action by evaluating it? These extraordinary miracles should be grounds for constant gratitude. (Figure 4.)

The vasopressin hormone that the pituatary gland releases into the bloodstream is produced by cells in the hypothalamus. How did those hypothalamus cells learn the formulae for this hormone, which performs very important functions—as you shall soon see?

Figure 7.


As soon as the pituitary gland learns that the level of fluid in the blood has declined, it releases the stored hormone vasopressin into the bloodstream, where it is forwarded to the kidneys.



The formula for this hormone is encoded in the DNA. This, of course, is just one of the proofs of Almighty God's miraculous creation. You should also remember that there are codes belonging to the hormone vasopressin in the DNA in the nuclei of every cell in your human body. However, neither your liver cells, nor your stomach cells nor your muscle cells ever use this code—only those in the hypothalamus, which produce the vasopressin. How has this division of labor been established? What prevents other cells from using this code?



The marvels concerning vasopressin are by no means limited to these. Once the vasopressin has been manufactured, it is transferred to the pituitary gland by being packaged inside another protein, and stored there until the time comes for it to be used. Tiny structures within the cell, too small to be visible without a microscope, work like different units in a factory, organized along the most finely detailed lines. (Figures 5 through-7.)



After the message arrives, vasopressin is released into the bloodstream from the pituitary gland and immediately reaches the kidney (Figure 8). After vasopressin sets out from the pituitary gland in the brain until it arrives at the kidney, it passes by a great many organs. Yet as if this hormone knew where it was going, by what route and what its purpose was, it reaches the kidney without getting lost or stopping at any other organ. How does it receive the command to head straight to the kidney, and how can the unconscious molecules in question understand the message and duly find their way there?

Figure 8. Once released into the bloodstream from the pituitary gland, the vasopressin soon reaches the kidneys. A cross-section of the kidney can be seen on the right.

Figure 9.

The vasopressin reaching the kidneys bonds to receptors around millions of micro-channels inside them. These receptors have been specially created for vasopressin, so that they fit one another like a key and a lock.



The vasopressin hormone reaches the kidney by locking onto receivers around the millions of micro-channels in that organ. These receptors have been specially created for vasopressin, and the two fit one another like a key and a lock. (Figure 9.) How is this compatibility established? Anyone could find it difficult to come up with two miniaturized shapes that match each other so exactly, unless biochemistry is specialty and the profession of the individual concerned. Yet there are many other similar examples of this in the body. Moreover, both the hormone vasopressin and the chemical receptors in the kidneys are constructed by cells in completely different areas of the body. Nonetheless, the result is a flawless compatibility. This is an example of our Lord's mercy for His servants.



By means of this bonding, the kidney is given the command to withdraw the water molecules from the urine. Thanks to this communication system, a large portion of the water molecules are separated out and introduced back into the bloodstream. As a result, the amount of urine is reduced, and the body re-acquires water it would otherwise have lost.



But if a person has drunk excessive liquids, then the mechanism works in the exactly reverse direction. When the density of water in the blood becomes elevated, the receptors in the hypothalamus slow down the secretion of vasopressin (Figure 10). As the amount of vasopressin decreases, the volume of urine increases accordingly, and the level of water in the blood is returned to normal, healthy levels.



This flawless system is just a single example of the sophisticated systems operating throughout the body. And even this brief description is sufficient to show that nothing takes place haphazardly, but that all things, at all times, are under the control of Omniscient and Almighty God.

Figure 10.


When the concentration of water rises in the blood, sensors in the hypothalamus slow the release of the hormone vasopressin.

2

The Body’s Impeccable Security System

Figure 11.


Nerves connect the pituitary gland to sensors in the heart. Under conditions of normal blood pressure, these sensors are constantly stimulated and send a constant electrical current to the pituitary gland.






Figure 12.


When blood pressure falls, the sensors in the heart cease sending signals to the pituitary gland. This leads to the pituitary gland going into emergency mode and releasing vasopressin.



The hormone vasopressin has yet another ability: It can constrict the blood vessels and thus raise blood pressure. This specially designed security system is yet another proof that human beings were brought into existence through a special creation. In order for this system to be able to function at all, wide-ranging planning has been carried out. Very special receptors that measure blood pressure are located inside the blood vessels extending from the auricle of the heart and entering the heart itself.



It is well-known that technological devices must be employed to measure blood pressure. These instruments are developed through the co-operation of experts in various different fields, and manufactured using advanced technology. Yet in our hearts, tiny molecules, invisible to the naked eye, perform the same task. These consist of molecules with no sensory organs, nor any consciousness with which to perceive whatever they might feel. How can these receptors measure blood pressure and perceive the subtle differences? In addition, how did these receptors come to be located in the heart, in exactly the right place? The answer to all these questions reveals the existence of God and the glory of His creation.



The nerves departing from these receptors are connected to the pituitary gland, just like a cable connection. Under conditions of normal blood pressure, these receptors are constantly stimulated to send a continual electrical current to the pituitary gland by means of these nerves (Figure 11). So long as the pituitary gland continues to receive these signals, it will prevent the secretion of the hormone vasopressin. The ever-ready members of the security system never go into action, as long as they receive "all clear" messages from the center where the system is established.1



So when does this security firm, the pituitary gland, go into action? In the event of any serious bleeding, the body loses a lot of blood, and the volume of blood—and hence, the blood pressure—in the veins is reduced, presenting a grave danger for the patient.



The moment that blood pressure falls, the receptors in the blood vessels send a signal to the pituitary gland, and the heart is interrupted. This causes the pituitary gland to sound the alarm and to secrete the hormone vasopressin (Figure 12). When the pituitary gland realizes that the signal has been interrupted, it immediately displays what seems to be an exceptionally conscious piece of behavior—amazing, since this apparently conscious behavior is entirely performed by tiny molecules composed of combinations of particular atoms.



The hormone vasopressin causes the muscles around the blood vessels to contract immediately, which causes blood pressure to rise. This system is actually highly complex, consisting of a number of inter-related components, suggests a great many questions worthy of reflection.



How do the hypothalamus cells that generate the hormone vasopressin know the structure of the muscle cells in the blood vessels located so far away from them?

How have they learned that these vessels must be contracted in order for blood pressure to rise?

How can these cells produce the exact chemical formula that enables this contraction to take place?

How did such a flawless alarm system along the nerves connecting the heart and the pituitary gland come into being?

No doubt that we see here the evidence of an immaculate creation. And this shows that the human body is not the result of a series of blind coincidences, but was brought into being by God's creation. Evolutionists maintain that the body's communication and alarm systems came into being by chance, that the cells spontaneously thought this system up, and then designed and constructed it. But to make such a statement reveals a major collapse in logic. Such a claim is the equivalent of saying that materials such as cement, bricks and electrical cables piled up in an empty field gave rise to a skyscraper as the result of a passing tornado—and then, subsequent storms equipped this skyscraper with an electrical system, and later still, a perfectly functional security system.

No rational person of good conscience could ever accept such a claim. Yet what evolutionists maintain is even more illogical. Determined to deny the existence of God (God is beyond that!), they defend the theory of evolution without considering just how irrational their statements are. In fact, however, Almighty God has brought all things into being through a perfect creation. The evidence is obvious for all to see.

3

Mother’s Milk and the Hormone Oxytosin

Mother's milk is one of the countless miracles that God has created. The ingredients it contains meet all of a newborn baby's nutritional needs. Furthermore, those ingredients change according to the changing needs of the baby's developing body. The manufacturers of this substance, the like of which scientists are unable to manufacture in their laboratories, are particular cells in the mother's breast. These cells possess the matchless formula for mother's milk and know exactly when to begin production and when to alter the makeup of the fluid they produce.

Figure 13.


The hormones involved in the production of mother's milk work just like skilled, conscious technicians and workers in a factory. Every detail is a manifestation of the infinite knowledge and mind of God.



So how does the production of mother's milk begin, and how is it controlled? In the answers to this question lie hidden many miracles of creation. The hormonal system and nervous system work together in milk production, which in turn takes place as the result of a flawless flow of information and planning (Figure 13).

Figures 14 and 15.


The hormone PIH accelerates or slows the production of prolactin, as required. Milk production is thus prevented during the first months of pregnancy. This, of course, is not a system that hormones could have thought up themselves. God creates all details without flaw.



One very special hormone activates the milk glands in the mother's breast. This is the hormone prolactin, secreted by the pituitary gland.

At the beginning of pregnancy, however, a number of factors restrict the secretion of the hormone prolactin. We may think of these factors' function resembling the pressure on a brake pedal in a car moving downhill. The tendency of the car is to keep rolling freely downhill, but it will not do so as long as the brake pedal is pushed down. In the human body, milk production is suppressed.

Figure 16.


After the birth of the baby, the release of estrogen decreases, which in turn leads to a reduction in PIH. This process resembles the way a car starts rolling downhill when you slowly take your foot off the brake pedal. In this way, production of the hormone prolactin gradually increases, setting the milk glands in action to produce mother's milk.



Halting the production of the hormone prolactin is a very wise decision, since there is no point a mother producing milk being before her baby is even born. So how does this "brake pedal" in question function? How is prolactin kept from being secreted earlier than it's required? Here, a perfect system must be factored in. The hypothalamus region of the mother's brain secretes a hormone that suppresses the production of prolactin. This hormone, known as for prolactin-inhibiting hormone (or PIH for short) slows the production of prolactin, thus putting a brake on its secretion.How is the depression of the brake pedal established? The hormone known as estrogen, with the chemical formula C18H24O2, is produced during pregnancy, and permits the hypothalamus to secrete PIH (Figures 14, 15). Secretion of estrogen declines with the birth of the baby; which in turn permits a corresponding reduction in PIH. This process resembles the "brake" being slowly lifted (Figure 16), and thus the production of prolactin slowly increases, stimulating the milk glands to produce mother's milk.


We are looking at a marvel of creation here. Thanks to this design, milk production is prevented during the first months of pregnancy. Let us now raise questions presented by this system as a whole:

How do the cells that produce the hormone prolactin recognize the milk glands? By what intelligence and consciousness do they give the needed command to the cells responsible for milk production?

How can the hormones that prevent the production of prolactin before birth know that milk need not yet be secreted, and that they should wait a while longer?

How have these hormones learned that prolactin stimulates milk production in the first place, and that its production must be prevented in order to prevent production of milk?

The answer is that God, the Lord of the worlds, creates all this miraculous system. All things act by His inspiration.

4

Calcium Measurers

Figure 17.

There are some 2 kilograms (4 pounds) of calcium in the adult human body.



The level of calcium in the blood is of vital importance for survival. In the same way that a human being has to breathe and drink water in order to stay alive, he or she also needs a particular level of calcium in the blood. When the amount of calcium in the blood falls below the level required, the individual dies.



Calcium enables our bodies to carry out many vital functions.. For one thing, in the absence of calcium, blood will not clot—in which event, even a small wound or cut could prove fatal due to loss of blood. Calcium also plays an important role in the transmission of nerve signals, enables the muscles to function, and contributes to bone strength. The body of every healthy adult contains some 2 kilograms (4 pounds) of calcium. (Figure 17). Some 99% of this calcium is stored in the skeletal system; the rest is employed in processes related to metabolism. Only 0.5 grams (0.01 ounces) of calcium needs to be present in the bloodstream for bodily functions to be maintained.2



Let us now consider the following imaginary scenario: A one-liter (33- ounce) bottle of blood is placed in front of you. You are told that this blood is to be transfused into a patient awaiting an operation—but that there is a problem. This blood is calcium-deficient, although the extent of this deficiency has not been determined.

Figure 18.


The parathyroid gland's task is to measure, day and night, how much calcium there is in your blood and to maintain it at the ideal level. Whenever it determines that the level of calcium in your blood has fallen, it takes immediate precautionary measures.


You are also given a large bowl full of powdered calcium and told to make good the deficiency (Figure 18).

What would you do?

First, you would have to measure how much calcium is lacking. In order to do this, however, highly advanced technological equipment is necessary, and you lack both the time and the means. That being so, there is little you can do.

Yet in the body of every human being, there is a magnificent mechanism that calculates the level of calcium at every moment and takes the necessary measures. The thyroid gland and the parathyroid gland—another hormonal gland buried inside the thyroid—function in line with a most rational plan in order to maintain the calcium balance in the body. The parathyroid gland's sole function is to measure the amount of calcium in your blood, 24 hours a day, throughout your entire life, and to keep it at the ideal level (Figure 19).

The parathyroid gland controls the level of calcium in the blood by means of the parathormone it produces. If the amount of calcium in the blood falls, it immediately releases parathormone.3 (Figure 20).

Figure 19.


When the level of calcium in the blood falls, the parathyroid immediately intervenes by releasing parathormone.



Figure 20.


Parathormone increases the level of calcium in the blood in three different ways.



The parathyroid gland is a small piece of tissue. How does a piece of tissue consisting of cells identify the calcium atoms in the bloodstream flowing before it? How do cells with no eyes, ears or sensory organs identify calcium atoms from among thousands of different substances in the blood—salt, glucose, fat, amino acids, proteins, hormones, enzymes, lactic acid, carbon dioxide, nitrogenous wastes, sodium, potassium, urea, uric acid, iron and bicarbonate? How does the cell recognize this one element, calcium, out of all these others? How does it know the ideal level of calcium there needs to be in the blood? By what consciousness does it measure that level? How does it decide whether there is too much or too little?


Remember that these parathyroid cells have no intelligence or consciousness, and are only 1% of a millimeter in size. That they are able to successfully measure the level of calcium in our body on our behalf is just one of the proofs of the creation of the Omniscient and Almighty God.


If, as a result of their measurements, the parathyroid cells determine that the calcium level has fallen, they immediately secrete parathormone. But how is the level of parathormone raised, and how is this tiny molecule able to locate stored calcium? Parathormone finds sources of calcium to replenish the blood from three different sources, each of which requires a sophisticated biological knowledge:


1. There are high levels of calcium in the bones. Parathormone borrows some calcium from the bones. The bones, under normal conditions, are reluctant to release the calcium. When they encounter the parathormone formula, however, they naturally release a small quantity of calcium (Figure 20).


2. A certain quantity of the calcium in the blood is expelled from the body through urine. This calcium needs to be re-combined with the blood once again. To accomplish this, the kidney cells need to capture the calcium molecules in urine and to return them to the bloodstream.

Parathyroid glands identify calcium from among the millions of molecules in the blood and take the appropriate precautionary measures to maintain the ideal level of calcium in the blood.



This time, parathormone issues this command to the kidney cells. The cells obey the command and extract the calcium molecules (Figure 21).



3. New sources of calcium enter the body through the food we eat. That calcium in is mixed with the blood in the small intestine. However, in order not to re-absorb the calcium, the intestine cells need activated Vitamin D. But the Vitamin D obtained through food is not in an active state 4 And so, at this point, a major problem emerges that must be resolved in order for the intestine to absorb more calcium, and thus to raise the level of calcium in the blood. In other words, a very special molecule is needed to alter the chemical structure of the non-activated Vitamin D. This molecule that activates Vitamin D, once again, is parathormone (Figure 22).

When necessary, the parathormone borrows some calcium from the bones.


Although under normal circumstances, the bones are reluctant to release calcium, they do release a specific amount when they come into contact with parathormone.

We now need to reflect with great care. There are three different ways of raising the level of calcium in the blood, yet the key that starts these three very different systems is the same in each case. This key turns the three systems on. Even more amazingly, when these three systems, with their very different structures and methods of operation, are turned on, the result is exactly the same: a rise in the level of calcium in the blood.

Figure 21.

You would need to be an expert with considerable training and technology to locate the one chemical you were looking for in a river containing many chemical substances. Yet hormones successfully achieve this feat on their own, with no special equipment.

How did the parathyroid cells arrive at the formula for this triply-effective hormone? How do they know that this molecule will affect the bones and kidneys as well as Vitamin D in the intestines? How is it that the parathyroid glands of all the humans who have ever lived have—except in cases of illness, managed to produce this correct formula? How do parathyroid cells know that the bones store calcium, that there is calcium in urine in danger of being excreted from the body, and that the small intestine cells require activated Vitamin D in order to absorb passing calcium? How did they find the single chemical formula to make these three systems work? How can unconscious cells display this kind of intelligence that confounds even knowledgeable human beings?



It is of course God, the Compassionate and Merciful Lord, Who manifests this intelligence and planning in the cells, Who created the cells, and the calcium, and human beings from nothing, Who created human beings in need of the calcium molecule, and who then established this immaculate system in order to meet that need. Certain it is that God's glory is very great.



God, there is no deity but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth, and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat al-Baqara, 255)

Figure 22.


When the need arises, parathormone activates the non-activated Vitamin D by changing its chemical structure. It awakens the vitamin, almost as if it had been hibernating.

5

The Sugar Factory

If you eat more sweets than you need, then an exceedingly detailed and flawless system in your body goes into action to prevent your blood-sugar level from rising:

1- First, the pancreas cells detect sugar molecules from among the millions of molecules in the blood and separate them from the others. Moreover, they decide whether there are too many of these molecules or too few, literally counting their number. How can invisibly small cells without eyes or a brain possess criteria for the proper level of sugar molecules in the blood? That's a matter requiring reflection. (Figure 23).

Figure 23.

Pancreas cells are able to distinguish sugar molecules from among the millions of other molecules in the blood.

Moreover, they literally count the sugar molecules, and decide whether there are too many of them, or too few.

Figure 24.

Pancreas cells send a hormone telling the relevant cells to start storing sugar.

This hormone is known as insulin.

Figure 25.

The insulin hormone is produced by special enzymes in the pancreas cells and reaches the liver and other relevant organs via the bloodstream.

2- If the pancreas cells determine that there's more sugar in the blood than needed, they move to store this surplus sugar. However, they do not perform this storage themselves, but order it to be carried out by other cells at a considerable distance away.

Figures 26 and 27.

Storage cells in the pancreas can distinguish sugar molecules from among all the millions of molecules in the blood, and stores as many as they require.

3- These distant cells do not normally store sugar until they receive a command to do so—when the pancreatic cells emit a hormone that instructs them to begin storing sugar. The formula for this hormone, known as insulin, has been recorded in their DNA since the instant when pancreas cells first came into existence (Figure 24).

4- Special enzymes (or "worker proteins") in the pancreatic cells decipher this formula and produce insulin in line with its instructions. Hundreds of enzymes, each with different jobs, work together in its production.

5- The insulin produced is sent to the target cells by way of the blood, the body's most reliable and fastest transportation network. Some of these target cells lie in the liver.

6- The liver cells receive the insulin's command to store sugar and obey unconditionally. Chemical "gates" that permit the sugar molecules to enter the cells are opened (Figure 25).

7- However, these gates do not open at random. The storage cells in the liver distinguish only sugar molecules from among hundreds of different molecules in the bloodstream, and then catch and imprison them inside themselves (Figures 26 and 27).

Figure 28.

Glucagon carries an instruction for the cells that previously have been storing sugar to release it into the bloodstream. The cells obey this command and release the sugar they have stored into the blood.

8- The liver cells never disobey a command reaching them. They never misinterpret that command, or trap the wrong substances, or store excessive sugar. They work with enormous discipline and self-sacrifice. Therefore, when you drink a cup of tea with too much sugar in it, this extraordinary system goes into action and stores the surplus sugar in your liver. If this system did not function properly, then your blood-sugar levels would rise rapidly and you would enter a diabetic coma, commonly resulting in death.

9- This is such a perfect system that it can also work in the opposite direction when necessary. If the sugar in your blood falls below normal levels, the pancreas cells produce another hormone, known as glucagons, which tells the cells that were formerly storing sugar to release it. The cells obey this command, and release the sugar they had stored (Figure 28).

How can cells with no brains, nervous systems, eyes or ears flawlessly come up with such complex calculations and functions? How can these unconscious assemblages of protein and fat molecules perform tasks that are beyond the capability of educated human beings? What is the source of this awareness exhibited by unconscious molecules? Of course, these events are just a few of the countless proofs of the existence and might of God, Lord of the universe and of all living things.

In verses God states:

God—Him from Whom nothing is hidden, either on earth or in heaven. It is He Who forms you in the womb however He wills. There is no deity but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surah Al 'Imran, 5-6)

6

Emergency Assistance The Hormone Adrenaline

Figure 29.

At times of fear or excitement, the brain quickly sends a signal to the adrenal glands.

Figure 30.

Cells in the internal part of the adrenal gland immediately go to action status.

Figure 31.

And the hormone adrenaline is secreted in quantity.

In times of fear or danger, there is a molecule that helps every human being: adrenaline. For example, this hormone puts the brain of a pilot whose plane has engine trouble into a state of alarm. It sends more blood and sugar to his brain cells, enabling the pilot to exercise greater care and attention. At the same time, it raises his pulse and blood pressure, enabling him to be more alert and react more quickly. It gives the muscles extra strength, raises the level of sugar in the bloodstream and thus enables the pilot to generate the extra energy he needs.

This miraculous hormone produced—and stored—by the adrenal glands possesses many properties and is a proof of God's sublime knowledge and immaculate creation.

How does adrenaline give rise to these effects? When danger arises, the equivalent of an alarm button is pressed in the body. The brain issues a lightning-fast command to the adrenal glands. Cells inside the gland enter a state of activation and secrete adrenaline molecules. Entering the bloodstream, these molecules are distributed to various regions of the body. (Figures 29 through 32).

The adrenaline molecules thus released broaden the blood vessels, leading to such vital organs as the brain, heart and muscles. In this way, these organs thus obtain the extra oxygen and nutrients they require to cope with an emergency.5 (Figure 32)

As the adjustments performed by the adrenaline widen blood vessels leading to the heart, brain and muscles, they also narrow those going to the liver and skin (Figure 33).

The body is thus given the support it needs in the best possible manner.

There is another reason for the skin to receive less blood: This way, any risk of blood loss in the event of injury is reduced to a minimum. The pallor appearance of someone who is terrified or extremely excited arises from less blood being pumped to the skin at that moment.6

The vessels leading to the heart or brain are never narrowed by mistake, and those leading to the liver or skin are never expanded. The adrenaline molecule does its job very well. The diameters of the hundreds of blood vessels in the body and the amount of blood transmitted by these, and to where, are all regulated by a hormone, in quantities too small to be detected with ordinary senses.

Figure 32.

The hormone adrenaline widens the arteries leading to such vital organs as the brain, heart and muscles, and thus increases the flow of blood to these organs.

Adrenaline has a different significance for every organ it encounters. When going to the blood vessels, it expands them, and when it goes to the heart, it accelerates the contraction of the muscle cells there. In this way, the heart beats faster, and the muscles obtain the extra circulation they need to produce extra strength (Figure 34).

When the adrenaline molecule reaches muscle cells, it enables them to contract more powerfully (Figure 35). Adrenaline molecules arriving at the liver, command cells there to release more sugar into the blood. The level of sugar in the bloodstream thus rises, and the muscles obtain the extra fuel they require (Figure 36).

This very small adrenaline molecule knows very well what it has to do, and when, and never places the human body into a state of alarm so long as it perceives no need. In addition, it never forgets what kind of command it must issue to the different cells it encounters. Moreover, this all goes to show that this hormone is very well acquainted with the cells and organs and their functions. Nor does it ever make a mistake over when the state of alarm needs to come to an end, or the body might suffer irreparable damage due to overstimulation.

However, this tiny molecule functions in apparent knowledge of this responsibility. How can a molecule consisting of a few atoms combined in a specific sequence—which is inanimate, unconscious and possesses no brain or eyes—exhibit such intelligent, organized and rapid behavior? Is it possible for all these actions to take place through the intelligence and will of a quantity of fluid too small to be seen with the naked eye? Of course not!

Figure 33.

By narrowing the blood vessels leading to the liver and skin, adrenaline prevents blood from flowing to organs where it will not be needed, for the time being.

Figure 34.

Thanks to adrenaline, the human body gains extra strength and resistance at times of stress.

 Figure 36.

Adrenaline molecules reaching the liver command the cells there to release more sugar into the bloodstream. The level of sugar in the bloodstream rises as a result.

Everything we have described here is simply evidence that proves that God has created every molecule in our bodies, which molecules act according to the power, will, control and command of Almighty God at every moment, throughout the course of our lives. Almighty God manifests His might, power, and the sublime knowledge and intelligence in His creation at all times and in all places.

As God reveals in the Qur'an:

What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to God. God encompasses all things. (Surat an-Nisa', 126)

7

The Lysosomal Enzymes That Purify the Body

Figure 37. Lysosomes inside the cell. Lysosomes break down useless elements by serving as the cell's waste-disposal system.

Over the course of a day, many processes of which we are totally unaware take place in our bodies. Our cells carry out these processes flawlessly. Inside these 100 trillion or so cells, there are many structures that know their duties very well. Some generate energy, others proteins, while still others engage in transportation or are used as storage depots.

One of these structures in the cell is the lysosome, which can be described as the cell's grinding machine. Thanks to the enzymes given off by this organelle, a number of degradation processes take place in the body. The enzymes released by lysosome destroy cells that no longer serve any purpose. Besides breaking down or puncturing the membrane surrounding a cell's structure, they also destroy down certain cells that constantly grow inside the body.

Figure 38. The lysosome enzyme reduces the size of the womb by 1/40 in 10 days after birth, helping it to begin returning to its normal size.

This degradation process that lysosome performs is of enormous importance to the body (Figure 37). As the baby develops in a pregnant woman, for example the womb expands many times larger than its original, normal size. This is essential for a healthy baby to be born. However, after the baby is born there is no further need for the womb to be so capacious, this excessively expanded organ now needs to be returned to its former size for the health of the body. The lysosome enzymes help carry out this process. When the birth process is finished, certain cell lysosomes are alerted and, since they have an excellent knowledge of their jobs, they immediately begin secreting the necessary enzymes, which rapidly shrink the womb to 1/40th of its former size in ten days following the birth. The womb thus begins to revert to its former dimensions (Figure 38).

 

Figure 39. Lysosome enzymes, with their ability to break down organic substances, enable the sperm to pierce the sheath that protects the egg and enter to fertilize it.

There are also lysosome enzymes in the head portion of sperm cells. Sperms use these enzymes to degrade—and thus, to pierce—the microscopic protective sheath surrounding the egg, and allow the sperm to enter in and achieve fertilization.

As can clearly be seen from these examples, every mechanism in your body works in such a way as to complement the others. In addition to the system that permits the womb to grow and swell during pregnancy, there is also another one that returns it to its former state. Similarly, an enzyme that can dissolve the sheath protecting the egg has been especially located inside the head of each sperm.

Yet Darwinists have become so far removed from reason and logic that they can even claim that this interconnected system arose as the result of various coincidences—and then continued to function in its perfect manner. That these mechanisms, with their perfect workings, function in harmony with the systems in the body as a whole is just one of the proofs of the flawless nature of God's creation.

In Surat al-An'am God states that:

That is God, your Lord. There is no god but Him, the Creator of everything. So worship Him. He is responsible for everything. (Surat al-An‘am, 102)

8

The Flowless System That Regulates Blood Pressure

 

Figure 40. The moment that blood pressure falls (or when the level of sodium in the blood decreases), cells in the kidneys known as juxtaglomerular cells (JGA) enter a state of alarm and secrete a special substance known as rennin.

The moment blood pressure falls, a flawless system in your body goes into action. In the same way that smoke detectors are specially designed to recognize the particles emitted by fire, this "alarm" system goes into operation only when there is a drop in blood pressure.

Low blood pressure may give rise to a very dangerous state of affairs. Therefore, the moment such a drop is detected, a series of measures need to be taken in order to raise it back up again. These measures can be detailed as follows:

1. Blood vessels must be constricted. (This, in turn, will raise blood pressure, in rather the same way that water emerges under higher pressure when a garden house is squeezed.)

2. More water must be absorbed from the kidneys and released into the bloodstream.

3. The individual must be made to drink water as quickly as possible.

But how does all this happen? Yet another matchless system has been located in the depths of the human body.

 

Figure 41. Just like the components of a jigsaw puzzle, angiotensinogen and rennin have been created to be able to wrap around one another.

Figure 42. Rennin changes the structure of the angiotensinogen molecule, and a brand-new molecule emerges—angiotensin I

The moment that blood pressure (or the level of sodium in the bloodstream) falls, certain cells in the kidneys take notice. These cells that sound the alarm are the juxtaglomerular (JGA) cells, which secrete a special substance called rennin 7 (Figure 40).

The way that cells are able to determine that blood pressure or sodium levels have fallen is a miracle in itself. More important, however, is the cells' secretion of rennin, because that is the first stage in a long chain of production.

In blood plasma, there is a protein that normally has no effect as it circulates around in the bloodstream. This is angiotensinogen, which is produced in the liver. Here begins the first stage of an utterly amazing plan. That is because angiotensinogen and rennin—which serve no purpose on their own and by themselves—have been specially designed to combine with one another, in the same way that the components of a machine are often designed so as to be able to be linked to one another (Figure 41).

Another point here calls for reflection—and astonishment. Kidney cells and liver cells are far distant from one another in the body. How is it that in producing one element of a compound (rennin), another organ will produce the other element of the compound (angiotensinogen) to fit it—and how is it the two will be mutually complementary? It is definitely impossible for this to happen by chance, as evolutionists would have us believe. No doubt that each has been created under the inspiration of Almighty God.

Figure 43. The enzyme ACE turns angiotensin I into yet a different molecule, angiotensin II.

Rennin alters the structure of the angiotensinogen molecule, as a result of which an entirely new molecule emerges—angiotensin-I (Figure 42).

Rennin + Angiotensinogen = Angiotensin-I

But this newly emerging molecule has no effect, because the chain of production is not yet complete. An enzyme by the name of ACE, found in the lungs and serving solely to break down the angiotensin-I molecule, now enters the equation. Thanks to this enzyme, angiotensin-I turns into yet a different molecule, angiotensin-II (Figure 43).

Angiotensin-I + the ACE enzyme = Angiotensin-II

Once again, we need to step back and reflect. Two different molecules produced by the kidney and liver cells have combined with each other, and a new molecule has emerged. Lung cells, which are totally unconnected to the kidney and liver cells, produce another enzyme that will perfectly attach to this new molecule. In addition, they produce this enzyme long before the molecules in question have combined together. But how do lung cells produce the most appropriate enzyme for an event that has not yet taken place—to bind with a substance that has not yet been manufactured? How do they know the formula for an enzyme that will convert one molecule into another? No doubt is the incomparable God Who inspires this knowledge in the lung cells.

Figure 44. Angiotensin II reaches the adrenal cells above the kidneys and commands them to secrete aldosterone. This affects the kidneys, causing them to re-absorb water from the urine and release it back into the bloodstream. This results in an increase in blood pressure. This magnificent plan functions absolutely flawlessly and is a manifestation of the omniscience of God.

The enzyme angiotensin-II has two vital functions; first, to ensure the constriction of the blood vessels. Angiotensin-II stimulates the muscles around the blood vessels and sets the mechanism that provides the contraction—yet another proof of flawless creation. The muscles are thus contracted, the diameter of the blood vessels is reduced and blood pressure is elevated. This is the first intended outcome.

 

Figure 45. Angiotensin II stimulates the thirst region in the brain, and a person thus feels the urge to drink.

The second major duty of angiotensin-II is to call to duty the miraculous hormone aldosterone. When the angiotensin-II reaches the adrenal cells, it commands them to secrete aldosterone. This is yet further proof of the flawless nature of the allover blueprint, because the aldosterone will affect the kidneys, causing them to re-absorb the water in urine and release that water back into the bloodstream. In this way, the volume of blood will rise, together with blood pressure, which is the second desired outcome (Figure 44).

Angiotensin-II, produced as a result of communal labor among the kidney, liver and lungs, has another very important function: to stimulate into action a special region of the brain known as the thirst region.

However, there is a major obstacle facing angiotensin-II. That is because in order to protect the brain, a very selective system that makes passage from the blood to the brain tissue difficult, known as the blood-brain barrier. But there are one or two points in the brain in which this system is not present, one being the thirst center. Thanks to this special creation, the thirst center is stimulated and the individual develops an urge to drink 8 (Figure 45).

Figure 46. Unknown to the individual concerned, the liver, kidney and lung cells literally hold a conference and distribute tasks among the cells.

Figure 47. In the wake of that meeting, all the cells' duties have been set out, and each one knows what it has to do. By means of God's inspiration, these entities, all of them too small to be seen with the naked eye, keep blood pressure under control at all times.

The substances produced by the kidneys, lung and liver—jointly, and in accord with a rearranged blueprint—are combined in a regular manner, as a result of which they ensure the secretion of a hormone that causes blood pressure to rise. To achieve this, the cells of the kidneys, lungs and liver have to join forces and establish a coalition.

When blood pressure falls, this consortium of organs must investigate what needs to be done. Then, as a result of this investigation, the coalition has to decide on the ideal solution: which is narrowing the diameter of the blood vessels and also ensuring the secretion of the hormone aldosterone.

Then, these organs again must cooperate to carry out lengthy research and analyze the anatomies and working systems of the adrenal glands and muscle cells around the blood vessels. They then must determine a molecular project to contract these vessels and for the miraculous formula of angiotensin-II to stimulate the adrenal glands to secrete aldosterone.

The last job that needs to be done is determining how this final molecule is to be produced. During the production stage, each organ must assume a responsibility. Duties must be shared out in a three-stage assembly plan within the framework of the production plan already drawn up in advance. The renal cells must decide to produce rennin, the liver cells to produce angiotensinogen, and the lung cells to produce ACE; and the task of distribution must be completed. Finally, the process must be brought to an end and the cells must return to their original locations (Figures 46 and47).

Every part of this system is full of marvels calling for further consideration. Every cell in the human body has been created for a particular task, equipped with special attributes and specially positioned exactly where it needs to best carry out its task. Our Lord has created all the events that take place in the human body, and every detail in that body is just one of the proofs of His infinite knowledge.

As Almighty God has revealed in the Qur'an:

Any mercy God opens up to people, no one can withhold, and any He withholds, no one can afterwards release. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surah Fatir, 2)

9

Growth Hormone

Figures 48 and 49. The heart of a newborn baby is only 1/16th the size of an adult's heart. Yet both contain the same number of cells.

What is it that helps a newborn baby weighing 3 kilograms (6 pounds) and only 50 centimeters (19 inches) tall to turn into an adult weighing around 80 kilograms (176 pounds) and some 1.80 meters (6 feet) tall over 20 to 25 years?

The answer to that question lies hidden in growth hormone, a miraculous molecule secreted by the pituitary gland.

Growth in the body takes place in two different ways. Some cells simply increase their volume, while others divide and multiply, creating more of themselves. But growth hormone directs and brings about both of these processes.

Growth hormone affects all the body's cells. Every cell knows the meaning of the message secreted by the pituitary gland. If it needs to grow, it does so, and if commanded to divide and multiply, it does so.

For example, the heart of a newborn baby is about 1/16 the size of an adult's. Yet it contains the same number of cells as an adult heart. Growth hormone affects the heart cells one by one during their developmental stage. Every cell develops to the extent commanded by the growth hormone. Thus it is that the heart grows and eventually reaches an adult size (Figure 48).

While the baby is still in the mother's womb, at the end of the sixth month of gestation, the multiplication of nerve cells in the heart comes to an end. From this stage on, from birth and until adulthood, the number of cardiac nerve cells remains fixed. Growth hormone commands the nerve cells to grow in volume, not in number, and the nervous system thus achieves its final state with the end of the growth phase (Figure 49).

 

Figure 50. Growth hormone instructs the nerve cells to grow in volume. At the end of their growth stage, nerve cells assume their final form.

Figure 51. Some cells, like muscle and bone cells, divide and multiply throughout their growth period.

The hypothalamus, which directs on the secretion of vitally important hormones, occupies a very small space in the brain.

Other cells in the body—those of muscle and bone cells, for instance—divide and multiply throughout the developmental stage. Once again, it is growth hormone that informs these cells how much they need to grow (Figures 50 and 51).

That being the case, we have to ask the following question:

How does the pituitary gland knows the requisite formula for cells to divide or grow? This is a very miraculous phenomenon, because a parcel of tissue no larger than a chickpea governs all the cells in the body and provides for the growth of these cells, either by expanding their volume or by dividing and multiplying.

Another question we need to ask ourselves is this: why does this piece of tissue perform this task? Why do these cells spend their entire existence sending messages telling other cells to divide?

At this point, the perfection of God's creation once again reveals itself. Cells in one tiny region ensure that trillions of other far-flung cells divide and grow within a regular order. Yet these cells have no way of perceiving, seeing the human body's symmetry from the outside, nor of knowing how much the bones and muscles still need to grow, nor what stage of the developmental process has been reached. These unconscious cells produce growth hormone inside the darkness of the body, without even knowing what they are doing—and yet, also halt the process when the appropriate time comes. The system has been created so flawlessly that every phase of growth and the secretion of this hormone is kept under control at all times.

Figure 52. Just like the conductor of an orchestra, the hypothalamus regulates the body's hormonal balance.

The way that growth hormone commands some cells to increase their volume and others to multiply through division is an entirely separate miracle—because the hormone that reaches both types of cell is exactly the same. However, the way that the cell receiving the hormone is to behave is encoded in its genes. Growth hormone issues the command to grow, but the way in which this process is to take place is written inside that cell. This once again demonstrates the might and majesty of creation in every point in the human body.

Another very important detail here is yet another great miracle: the way that growth hormone affects all the body's cells. If some cells obeyed the growth hormone while others ignored or rebelled against it, then undesirable, even catastrophic consequences would result. For example, if cardiac cells were to increase in size, in the manner that growth hormone commands while bone cells in the ribs refused to multiply and increase their number and mass, then the expanding heart would be trapped in the narrow ribcage and slowly be crushed to death.

Or if the nasal bone continued growing while the skin stopped, the nasal bone would break through the skin and come to the surface. The harmonious growth of muscles, bones, skin and other organs is ensured by the obedience of each individual cell to the growth hormone.

The growth hormone also gives the command for the development of cartilage at the ends of the bones. This cartilage is like a template for the newborn baby's body. So long as it does not grow, neither can the baby.9 The cells in a bone lengthen it, but how can the cells know that this is necessary? If this bone thickens and only grows in diameter, then the legs will not grow longer, and the femur bone may even stretch the skin and erupt at the surface. However, our Almighty God has installed the information and all details regarding the human body inside the nucleus of every cell. Thus the bones lengthen and grow.

Figures 53 and 54. The hypothalamus performs an important task that no human being ever could do consciously. It distinguishes growth hormones in the capillary vessels and counts them. It is out of the question for any human to do this without specialized training.

Another miracle manifested by growth hormone concerns the time and the quantities in which it is released. Growth hormone is secreted in just the appropriate amounts and at those times when growth is most intense. This is vitally important, because if slightly more or slightly less hormone than necessary were released, it would give rise to most unwelcome consequences. Too little growth hormone being secreted leads to dwarfism, and too much being released leads to gigantism.10

Therefore, a very special system has been created to regulate the amount of growth hormone released in the body. The hypothalamus, regarded as the decision-making part of the pituitary gland, decides how much of the hormone should be secreted. When the time comes for growth hormone to be secreted, it sends a growth- hormone-releasing hormone (known as GHRH) to the pituitary gland. When too much growth hormone accumulates in the bloodstream, the hypothalamus sends another message (via the hormone somatostatin) to the pituitary gland, slowing its release of growth hormone 11 (Figure 52).

How do the cells composing the hypothalamus know how much growth hormone there should be in the blood? How do they measure the levels of growth hormone there and take the appropriate decisions accordingly?

In order to appreciate what a great miracle this actually is, consider the following analogy:

Assume that using special technology yet to be invented, we have shrunk an entire human being down to the size of a cell. This tiny person has been placed inside a special capsule and inserted next to one of the cells in the region of the hypothalamus.

This individual's job is to count the number of growth-hormone molecules inside the capillary vessels before him. He must also determine whether their number has risen or fallen. It is well known that, there are thousands of different substances flowing past in the blood. Bearing in mind the structure of molecules, (unless this lone individual has received special, expert biochemical training). it will be impossible for him to determine whether or not the compounds flowing past him belong to growth hormone. Yet it is essential that the person installed in the hypothalamus recognize every growth hormone molecule from among all the other thousands of molecules, because he must monitor the levels of growth hormone at all times (Figures 53 and 54).

How do hypothalamus cells perform a task which would be extremely difficult even for a human being of any size? How can they measure the amount of growth hormone, which is always present in the blood, even after skeletal growth stops, to maintain the division of cells? How do they distinguish between growth hormone and the countless other molecules? These cells have no eyes with which to recognize molecules, nor brains with which to analyze the results. Yet they carry out the task given them within the system established by God in a flawless manner. Thanks to this immaculate system, human beings have perfectly proportioned and aesthetically pleasing organs and bodies. God has created all things with perfect features:

He is God—the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surat al-Hashr, 24)

10

The Clock in Our Bodies That Never Goes Wrong

Thanks to the invisible clock in the hypothalamus region of the brain, the hypothalamus realizes when an individual has reached adolescence.

As everyone is well aware, during adolescence—the transitional stage between childhood and adulthood—the body undergoes a large number of changes, many simultaneously. But what mechanism so accurately regulates the timing of and initiates these changes inside the bodies of billions of people? It is as if there were an alarm clock in the human body, and when the clock rings, certain hormones are awakened and go into action.

There is no clock in the body, of course. But as we shall be seeing shortly in some detail, certain cells in the hypothalamus region of the brain go into action after a delay of some 12 to 13 years, just as if they had heard an alarm clock going off. At a specific age, cells in the hypothalamus begin secreting a hormone known as GnRH. This hormone issues a command to the pituitary gland to begin producing two hormones known as the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

These two hormones have very important duties and miraculous abilities. Both initiate the process of diversification and maturation in both the male and female bodies—.a very important detail, because FSH and LH have each been designed to be compatible with the separate regions of the anatomy in which these respective changes are brought about. Both hormones also act as if they were well aware what they have to do.

In the female body, FSH ensures the maturation and development of egg cells in the ovaries. Another of its duties is to ensure that the ovaries begin to secrete increased quantities of another very important hormone, estrogen.

Figure 55. The hormones FSH and LH begin the process of differentiating and maturing the male and female body, at just the right time.

The hormone FSH is also secreted in the male body, according to the same formula. There, however, it has entirely different effects, stimulating the growth of the testes and initiating sperm production.

In the female body, the task of LH is to ensure the release of the maturing egg. In addition, it ensures the secretion of another female hormone, progesterone.

In the male body, of course, LH does a different job. It stimulates the so-called Leydig cells in the testes, which in turn ensures the secretion of the hormone testosterone.

It is of course a great marvel that these same hormones should be produced according to the same formula, and yet have entirely different effects in the bodies of each gender. How do the hormones "know" the difference between the male and the female body? How is it that a hormone with the same formula stimulates different organs—and ensures the production of testosterone in males and of progesterone in females?

How do hormones produced according to the same formula recognize the masculine body and develop a deep voice and heavier musculature appropriate to that body, while producing characteristic changes and chemistry in the female body? How was this perfect genetic program that causes different effects and the formation of two different genders by way of the same hormone installed within the cell (Figure 55)?

All these phenomena are clearly independent of coincidence, the cell, or the atoms that constitute the cell. These arrangements—in forms specifically and individually tailored to men and women, reveal the existence of intelligent creation and in-depth planning. There can be no doubt that this creation belongs to God, the flawless Creator of the universe and all things within it.

Everyone who reflects on the perfection in creation must give thanks by calling on our Lord, Who created us from nothing:

O Humanity! Worship your Lord, Who created you and those before you, so that hopefully you will guard against evil. (Surat al-Baqara, 21)

Praise be to God, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and earth, He Who made the angels messengers, with wings—–two, three or four. He adds to creation in any way He wills. God has power over all things. (Surah Fatir, 1)

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