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The Pituitary Gland: Regulator of the Human Body

The brain contains a pea-sized organ that weighs around

0.5 grams (0.017 ounce) and, amazingly enough, supervises and
regulates the entire body. Known as the pituitary gland, this
most complex, flawless, and vital administrator distributes jobs
to countless hormones and monitors each one, all of which
have their own appointed tasks, without interruption.
We move our heads and arms, see, hear, smile, speak, and
touch all at the same time. We remember what people have said
to us and analyze things. All of the sensations that reach us and
our movements take place by means of hormones. The pitui-
tary gland enables hundreds of processes to take place simulta-
neously, flawlessly, and without delay. There is no question of
any hormone running late; being unable to transmit the messa-
ges that reach them; or, apart from exceptional cases of sickness,
of hearing what a person who is talking to us only after sever-

al minutes have passed; or of not feeling the sensation of being
burned before the burn appears on our hands. This is because
the tiny pituitary gland, which consists of protein, water, and
fat, flawlessly carries out all of its tasks because Allah, the Lord
of the worlds, wills it to do so.
Anything that any entity does occurs only because of His
will, for nothing is independent of His power and control.
When Allah so wills, He manifests His Own might and great-
ness as He wills through a particular entity that He has created.
Everything we see or do not see, but that we know about, is a
separate manifestation of His infinite Greatness:
That is Allah, your Lord. There is no deity but Him, the
Creator of everything. So worship Him. He is responsible