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Atoms That Come Alive

convert it into energy. The formulae
Everything in the heavens
found in our DNA enable the ma-
and the earth glorifies
nufacture of 50,000 different types
Allah. He is the Almighty,
of proteins. As is obvious, proteins the All-Wise.
are highly crucial for the survival of The kingdom of the
a living being and the absence of heavens and the earth

even one of these proteins would belongs to Him. He gives
make life impossible for that living life and causes to die. He
being. It is scientifically impossible has power over all things.
(Surat al-Hadid: 1-2)
for DNA and proteins, each a giant
molecule, to be formed spontane-
ously as a result of sheer coincidence.
DNA is a series of nucleotides arranged in a special sequence. A protein
is a series of amino acids arranged again in a special sequence. First of all, it
is mathematically impossible for either DNA molecules or protein molecules
that come in thousands of different types to sort out the appropriate sequen-
ces necessary for life by chance. Probabilistic calculations reveal that the pro-
bability of even the simplest protein molecules achieving the right sequence
by chance is zero. (For more information, see the book The Evolution Deceit by
Harun Yahya). In addition to this mathematical impossibility, there is also an
important chemical obstacle to the coincidental formation of these molecu-
les. If the relationship between DNA and protein were a result of time, chan-
ce, and natural processes, then there would be some sort of chemical ten-
dency towards DNA and protein to react, as acids and bases have a great

tendency to react. In that case, if chance had really played a role, sugar-acid,
aminephosphoric acid, and a whole host of other natural chemical reactions
would occur among any random fragments of DNA and protein and the li-
ving beings we see today would not form.
Does this natural tendency of DNA and protein fragments to react che-
mically, then, suggest that time, chance, and the laws of chemistry would
eventually produce life from some mixture of these molecules? No. Just the
opposite. The problem is that all these natural chemical reactions are the

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