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THE MIRACLE IN THE CELL

Nucleolus

Nuclear
membrane

Figure 2.1 Diagram of the nucleus found at the center of the cell

is regulated according to a specific program. The perfect organization
of a person's development is expressed in the Qur'an as follows:

Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked? Wasn't he a
drop of ejaculated sperm, then a blood-clot which He created and
shaped? (Qur'an, 75:36-38)
While you were still a fertilized egg cell in your mother's womb,
all the characteristics that you would possess in the future were
determined by God, and organized, and placed in your DNA. At 30
years of age, the characteristics you possess-such as height, color,
blood group, facial features-were all encoded in the nucleus of your
single original cell at the time of fertilization, 30 years and nine
months earlier.
The information in DNA does not determine only physical fea-
tures, like the ones just mentioned. It also controls the thousands of
different events and systems that take place in the cell and the entire
body. For example, even information about whether your blood pres-
sure will be low, high or normal is contained within your DNA.

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