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THE MIRACLE OF HORMONES

In this way, they raise the level of
calcium in the blood by ensuring that Your god is God
the bone cells release calcium, that the alone, there is no
kidney cells extract more calcium from deity but Him. He
the urine, and that vitamin D is activat-
encompasses all
ed so that the digestive system can ob-
things in His
tain more calcium.
knowledge.
How did the parathyroid cells find
(Qur'an, 20: 98)
this ingenious formula? How do they
know that this molecule will affect the
bones, the kidneys and activate vitamin
D? How is it that in the countless numbers of people who have lived in
the course of history, the parathyroid has managed (except in cases of ill-
ness) to produce the right formula? How do the parathyroid cells know
that the bones store calcium, that there is calcium in the urine that would
be wasted, and that the cells of the small intestine need activated vitamin
D to absorb calcium? How do they come up with the formula to make
these three systems function? How do unconscious cells perform this
feat of intelligence, which human beings could never manage?
Surely, the One Who manifests this intelligent design displayed in
cells, Who creates cells, the calcium molecule and human beings from
nothing, Who creates human beings in such a way that they need calci-
um, and Who also provides for this need with a perfect system is God,
the Lord of the heavens and the Earth and of all that is in between. God's
Majesty is exalted:
God, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He
is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens
and the Earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except
by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is be-
hind them but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what
He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the Earth
and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the
Magnificent. (Qur'an, 2: 255)

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