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tine, while others hang out in its various cracks and crevices. How
do they know where to go when they colonise the gut in the first
hours of an animal's life? And once there, how do they hold their
own against the constant influx of new bacteria? And why do some

of these Lilliputians live peacefully with us for years, only to turn
on us in mean, even deadly, ways? Why, for that matter, isn't the im-
mune system engaged in a constant battle with these intestinal in-
terlopers? 53

Another important point to consider is that bacteria are capa-
ble of multiplying very rapidly, and when in their environmental
conditions are favorable, in a few hours their numbers can quickly
rise into the millions. Indeed, the human body is ideally suited to

the multiplication of bacteria, which should also multiply exces-
sively and in a very short space of time occupy the entire intestine.

Bacteria are able to break down and digest the cellulose living things
take into their bodies in vegetables, turn it into glucose and provide the
body with vitamin K. It is impossible for the living things in question to
obtain vitamin K in any other way. This is an example of Allah's sublime
and flawless Creation.

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