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at a portrait for the first time, for example, causes the cells to make
new arrangements among themselves. The relevant nerves imme-
diately strengthen their connections and attempt to define the situ-
ation. The data recorded enable the process to be carried out faster
when the same situation is repeated, for what was new before will
now appear familiar. The brain stores processes repeated through-
out one’s life as a general image. Every recorded moment comes
about by means of the 1,000 to 500,000 connections that the brain’s
100 billion nerves establish at a speed of 400 km per hour (248.5
mph).

With this superb capacity, the brain uses enough energy to run
a dim lamp. Although it constitutes only one-fiftieth of the body’s
weight, it consumes one-fifth of the body’s entire oxygen and glu-
cose supplies. So important is the brain that it receives the first
blood emerging from the heart; if only a small amount of blood is
left, it still seeks to keep the brain alive. The heart, blood vessels,
and all other organs are literally aware of this fact.
The slightest brain damage can leave a person handicapped or
even dead. In fact, this organ is so delicate that the failure of elec-
trical signals to reach a single cell can cause the loss of one of the
senses that enable us to perceive the outside world. No single point
in it can come into being by chance, and its perfect organization
and equipment cannot be altered in a random manner.
This perfection, a very great blessing, reflects the creative art-
istry of Allah, Who treats His servants well, the Beneficent Who
creates to perfection, The Maker and He Who Reveals His
Greatness in All:

It is He Who shows you His Signs and sends down provision
to you out of heaven. But none pay heed save those who re-
pent. (Surah Ghafir, 13)

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