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accompanied by a hissing sound or with atmospherics as does a hi-fi;
rather, it perceives sound exactly as it is, sharp and clear. This is the way
it has been since the creation of man.
So far, no man-made visual or recording apparatus has been as sen-
sitive and successful in perceiving sensory data as are the eye and the
ear. However, as far as seeing and hearing are concerned, a far greater
truth lies beyond all this.

To Whom Does the Consciousness that Sees and
Hears within the Brain Belong?
Who watches an alluring world in the brain, listens to symphonies
and the twittering of birds, and smells the rose?
The stimulations coming from a person's eyes, ears, and nose travel
to the brain as electro-chemical nerve impulses. In biology, physiology,
and biochemistry books, you can find many details about how this image
forms in the brain. However, you will never come across the most impor-
tant fact: Who perceives these electro-chemical nerve impulses as im-
ages, sounds, odors, and sensory events in the brain? There is a
consciousness in the brain that perceives all this without feeling any
need for an eye, an ear, and a nose. To whom does this consciousness be-
long? Of course it does not belong to the nerves, the fat layer, and neu-
rons comprising the brain. This is why Darwinist-materialists, who
believe that everything is comprised of matter, cannot answer these
questions.
For this consciousness is the spirit created by Allah, which needs
neither the eye to watch the images nor the ear to hear the sounds.
Furthermore, it does not need the brain to think.

Compared to sound
recording devices, the
ear is much more com-
plex, much more suc-
cessful and possesses
far superior features to
these products of high
technology.