Page 184 - The Miracle of the Blood and Heart

THE MIRACLE OF THE
BLOOD AND HEART

a person to have faith and see the evident proofs of God's exis-
tence. A most special creation prevails in all the features of the
heart. Independently of all the other miraculous systems in
the body, the heart is by itself a major example of creation in
our bodies. No comparable mechanism to keep a human being
alive has ever been developed. With the cells that comprise it,
its special valve systems and the ordered way these open and
close, the heart is a most complex system with many attribut-
es. No other organ can do anything like the job it does—to
keep pumping blood in a particularly powerful way. As long

The embryonic heart begins
developing from the third week
of pregnancy, and works as a sin-
gle pump for the embryo's blood,
which circulates only in the baby's
body and the placenta. After
birth, however, since oxygen is
inhaled directly by means of res-
piration, the embryonic heart
needs to possess four chambers.
This physiological dichotomy has
been resolved thus: Two holes in
the chambers of the heart enable
blood to be retained in these
chambers and the as-yet-undevel-
Embryonic
oped pulmonary veins are pro- heart
tected. When the baby takes its
first breath and begins crying,
these holes automatically close
and cease their function. This
marvel of creation once
again shows to us the
flawlessness of our
Lord's creation.

Harun
Yahya

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