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THE MIRACLE IN THE CELL
period comes to an end when He wills. So a virus is just one of the rea-
sons for death that God employs. Throughout history, millions of peo-
ple have lost their valuables, their property, their partners, their
children-in short, their very lives-due to a virus they could never see.
Even though modern medicine is finding cures for many viruses, it is
quite significant that new, highly drug-resistant viruses are emerging.
Relatively new viruses like HIV and Ebola are continuing to be the
causes of death for bodies whose end God has willed, as decreed in
the verse "Wherever you are, death will catch up with you" (Qur'an,
4:78).

Figure 9.3
A red blood cell attacked by a virus. After the viruses have multiplied,
destroyed and exited the cell, they search for new victims.

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