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bia, such as spurge, and thus counteracts the snake venom
thanks to the euphorbone in the plant’s sap. Interestingly,
the animal does not even taste spurges during its usual daily
grazing. This implies that these bezoar goats know the
spurge’s chemical structure and that it will heal them if they
are bitten by a snake. How did the goat acquire this knowl-
edge? Of course, a goat cannot eat all available herbage
when bitten by a snake, hoping to find, by trial and error,
which plant will cure it. So how does it know which plant
will counteract the snake’s venom and how to treat itself?
Who teaches it this knowledge? There is only one answer to
these questions. These goats act by the inspiration of Allah,
as do all other beings in the world. Allah is the One Who re-
veals how they should behave.

87. The evolutionists argue that a primitive
bacterium cell started photosynthesis as a

result of natural conditions and evolved into
plants over time. Is such an assertion even

possible, or could such a complex process
have come about by chance?

The evolutionists argue that primitive bacteria started
photosynthesis due to food requirements. However, this ar-
gument is simply impossible, for although all living things
can go without food for various amounts of time, the in-
evitable end of a living being that cannot find food is death.
The evolutionists’ claims, when joined with this fact, give
rise to an interesting question: How could an organism de-
prived of food survive for millions of years? Moreover, they
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