Page 27 - Miracle in the Eye

HARUN YAHYA

This shape is not just attractive, but optimally practical. It is no coincidence,
of course, that eyelashes have adopted this unique shape. They attain their
curved, elastic form with the help of the greasy secretion from sebaceous
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glands (known as glands of Zeis) inside the eyelids. Without this supple-
ness, the lashes would be rough as bristles and tend clump together annoy-
ingly with every blink.
The eyebrows' function is to block the sweat draining down from the
forehead into the eyes. The brows also save the eye from reflected or direct
sunlight by blocking and obscuring the rays from above. Third, they are one
of the most distinctive elements of the human face, beautifully completing
the eye's visual appeal.
Say: "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the Earth?" Say: "God." Say:
"So why have you taken protectors apart from Him who possess no
power to help or harm themselves?" Say: "Are the blind and seeing
equal? Or are darkness and light the same? Or have they assigned
partners to God who create as He creates, so that all creating seems
the same to them?" Say: "God is the Creator of everything. He is the
One, the All-Conquering." (Qur'an, 13: 16)

Muscles Unvisited by Time
Muscles surrounding the eye are among the most active in the body,
making possible some one hundred thousand movements a day. Over a
lifetime, the average human performs literally billions of eye movements—
even while asleep. Despite this heavy, never-ending duty, the eye muscles
never complain of fatigue. In fact, few people are even aware of the mus-
cles in their eyes, regardless of their lifestyle or age, which have no effect on
the muscles at all.
Surrounding each eyeball are six muscles: One pair each for horizontal,
vertical, and side-to-side oblique movements (See Figures 1.6 and 1.7). Each
muscle in a pair moves the eyeball in an opposite direction. But this is no or-
dinary partnership that tolerates imperfection. Each member of the pair, as
well as all three groups, must work together in perfect coordination so that
both eyes turn to the object of interest, such that its image falls on both reti-

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