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HARUN YAHYA

               identical. The difference is in                       Figure 7.2
               the proteins the cells pro-
               duced. The first cell to pro-                        a) A four-
                                                                    week-old
               duce    different  proteins                          embryo, 7
               differentiates in its structure                      mm (0.28 in)
                                                                    in length
               as well. If daughter cells arise
               from the same cell, with the
               same genetic information,
               then how does one of them                            b) The
                                                                    embryo at
               suddenly start manufactur-                           five weeks is
               ing different proteins and                           12 mm (0.47
                                                                    in) long
               begin to specialize in its
               structure and features?
                    Who gave the com-
               mand for these precise copies
               of each other to begin pro-
               ducing different proteins                            c) The
                                                                    embryo in its
               from one another?                                    9th week
                    Obviously all these
               questions point to a clear,
               knowledgeable, and con-
               trolled creative process. The
               Qur'an tells us of the creation
               of man in the following way:
                                                                    d) The
                    We created man from the
                                                                    embryo in its
                    purest kind of clay; then                       16th week.
                    made him a drop in a
                    secure receptacle; then
                    formed the drop into a
                    clot and formed the clot
                    into a lump and formed
                    the lump into bones and
                    clothed the bones in



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