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have no conscious engineer or architect to direct them. Nonetheless, cells
know just what part of a human being to form and when to cease their
activity. Embryonic cells act in a pre-programmed manner, producing
their own materials, are organized within a perfect plan, and carry out
the actual construction work themselves. To claim that this extraordi-
nary planning was carried out spontaneously by unconscious collections
of cells would doubtless be irrational. It is impossible for a sound struc-
ture to come out of an unregulated workshop, even if the blueprint and
materials are known. This flawless design in our bodies is God’s, and
this construction happens with His inspiration of the cells:

Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked? Was he not a
drop of ejaculated sperm, then a blood-clot which He created and
shaped, making from it both sexes, male and female? (Surat al-
Qiyama, 36-39)

The Timetable of Flawless Construction

The first cell that will give rise to a brand-new human being forms
when an egg cell from the mother combines with a sperm cell from the
father (for details see Harun Yahya, The Miracle of Human Creation). In
the first stage of this miraculous development, cells begin to divide until
they number in the millions. The cells, which initially resemble a sphere
of tissue in the mother’s womb, continue dividing and coming together
in specialized groups. They continue forming light-sensitive eye cells;
nerve cells able to perceiving bitter, sweet, pain, heat and cold; ear cells
that will detect sound vibrations, stomach and intestinal cells that will
digest foodstuffs, and all the other necessary tissues and organs.
The first structure to take form in an embryo is the central nervous
system. Later it develops further, giving rise to the brain and spinal cord.
Only two and a half weeks after fertilization, a lengthy cavity can be
seen, caused by cells moving inwards from the periphery. By the third
week, this cavity closes up; forming a cylindrical tube that belongs to the
nervous system. The embryo itself, meanwhile, is still less than 2 mil-
limeters (0.078 of an inch) in length.