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THE MIRACLE IN THE ATOM

Can materials – like the plastic, aluminium, and steel seen above – fly? No. They cannot fly
even if they are all brought together in one place. An airplane is manufactured by the assem-
blage of different pieces, each of which has no ability to fly, in a special design. The ability to
fly is derived neither from the aluminium, nor the plastic, nor the gasoline. The specifications
of these substances are important, but the ability to fly can only be gained by bringing these
substances together in a very special design. Living systems are no different. A living cell is
formed by the arrangement of inanimate atoms in a very special design.

Only Allah, the Almighty and the Wise can give life to an inanimate
substance, that is, create a living being. Living systems have such complex
structures that it is still not fully understood how they operate despite the
technological facilities available today.
However, there is a reality that is understood by the help of the science
that made outstanding progress accompanied by a powerful technology that
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advanced in a devastating way in the 20 century. Living beings have extre-
mely complex structures. When the theory of evolution was advanced in the

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middle of the 19 century, scientific research conducted with primitive mic-
roscopes had then created the impression that the cell was just a simple
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lump of matter. In the 20 century, however, observation and research made

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