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EXPERT Evolutionist logic maintains that living species emerge in a gradual process of
evolution from the primitive to the more advanced. The fact is, however, that
BACTERIAL even organisms with the very least complexity still possess marvelous features

that human beings cannot replicate. For example, according to evolutionary lo-
LIGHT gic, bacteria are some of the supposedly “most primitive” life forms there are.

PRODUCERS Yet these micro-organisms have been using advanced technology to manufactu-
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re light for millions of years.

The chemical reaction bacteria use to produce light:

The energy required ATP
in the basic reaction that ta-
kes place as bacteria manufactu-

re light is obtained from the ATP of luciferin oxyluciferin
the bacterial cell. Oxygen binds to a
molecule known as luciferin and a new
luciferase
molecule thus emerges. The marvelo-
us thing here is the appearance of
light as a side product of this The formula for this chemical reaction is;
reaction.
FMNH2 + O 2 + RCHO ==> FMN +RCOOH + H O + Light
2

The energy needed in the basic reaction in As we have seen, many various components

bacteria’s production of light is taken from the bac- need to be present together for light production.
terial cell’s ATP. Oxygen binds to a molecule When these components are present at the right ti-
known as luciferin and forms a new molecule. The me, in the right place and perform the right pro-

marvelous thing here is that light is produced as a cesses, the result is a most superior product – the
byproduct of this reaction. manufacture of light.
This formula, that someone without a know- Just one flaw in the components in this system,
ledge of chemistry will likely not understand, is or the absence of just one enzyme involved in the
only a brief summary of the light production system process, or the slightest error in their architecture,

in bacteria. will halt this system of production. This is like da-
The chain of reactions that take place during mage to one of the clock's cog wheels impairing
light production may well be compared to a clock- the functioning of it.

work mechanism functioning with a number of in- In the same way that it is impossible for a clock
terconnected cog wheels. The chemical reaction, consisting of cog wheels all working together in
whose formula is given above, takes place where harmony to emerge by chance, so the light produ-
these cog wheels touch one another. However, in ced by the chain reaction made up of biological
order for there to be constant light emission, the cog wheels cannot be the work of chance, either.

molecules used also have to be restored to their ori- The amazing miracle of light in living things is
ginal forms because these molecules are consumed part of the artistry of Allah, and one of the proofs
by being turned into other molecules, like a candle of His infinite might and omniscience.

burning down. The chain reaction, functioning like Another amazing point is that all these reacti-
cog wheels, enables molecules to return to their ori- ons and processes take place in micro-organisms
ginal forms. just 0.001 millimeters (3.93700787 × 10 -5 inches)
The majority of processes requiring continuity in size. There is no doubt that the way this perfect
in the cells take place with these cog wheels, as it system is packed into such an extraordinarily small

were, being literally turned into one another by space shows that these organisms are created by
such molecular systems. Omniscient and Almighty Allah.

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