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THE MIRACLE OF HORMONES

out mentioning the painter or giving him praise. Every person must
choose one of the two roads: either he will believe in God as it says in the
Qur'an "That is God, your Lord. There is no god but Him, the Creator
of everything…" (Qur'an, 6: 102) or he will divinize atoms, molecules,
cells and a countless number of animate and inanimate things.
The nitric oxide messenger molecule is only one of the countless
blessings that the Almighty God of eternal mercy has created and given
to our service. In this century in which we live, it is one of the many
wonders of creation that has come to light in the micro-universe.
Throughout the section, you will read about the expert design of this
molecule that performs its operations on our behalf in a significant num-
ber of the 100 trillion (100,000,000,000,000) cells in our bodies.

Design in Our Blood Vessels

Let us begin our investigation of nitric oxide where it was first dis-
covered—the blood vessels. The blood vessels, together with the heart
and the blood, form the circulatory system. Our blood vessels are like an
immense highway system that goes to every part of our bodies. Its total
length is more than 100,000 kilometers. A simple calculation helps us to

better understand the importance of this number: if all the arteries, veins,
and capillaries in the human body were placed end to end, they could
stretch around the earth nearly two and a half times. 79
And the blood vessel system in our bodies is incomparably more
complex than the highway system in a developed country such as Amer-
ica. Highways are built with a particular width and, according to the
density of traffic at different times of day, the number of lanes does not
increase or decrease. However, the inner diameter of our blood vessels is
not fixed; they narrow and dilate according to our activities and thus
play an important role in the adjustment of blood pressure. So, thanks to
this wonderful system, the changing needs in different areas of our bod-
ies are met automatically. It is because of this flawless system that the

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