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been as sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory
data as are the eye and the ear. However, as far as seeing
and hearing are concerned, a far greater truth lies beyond
all this.

To Whom Does the Consciousness that Sees
and Hears within the Brain Belong?

Who watches an alluring world in the brain, listens to
symphonies and the twittering of birds, and smells the
rose?
The stimulations coming from a person's eyes, ears,
and nose travel to the brain as electro-chemical nerve
impulses. In biology, physiology, and biochemistry books,
you can find many details about how this image forms in
the brain. However, you will never come across the most
important fact: Who perceives these electro-chemical
nerve impulses as images, sounds, odors, and sensory
events in the brain? There is a consciousness in the brain
that perceives all this without feeling any need for an eye,
an ear, and a nose. To whom does this consciousness
belong? Of course it does not belong to the nerves, the fat
layer, and neurons comprising the brain. This is why
Darwinist-materialists, who believe that everything is com-
prised of matter, cannot answer these questions.
For this consciousness is the spirit created by Allah,
which needs neither the eye to watch the images nor the
ear to hear the sounds. Furthermore, it does not need the
brain to think.
Everyone who reads this explicit and scientific fact
should ponder on Almighty Allah, and fear and seek refuge