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Clearly, the single fertilized egg is not conscious, so when would con-
sciousness suddenly intervene? And how can a fetus be conscious?
Another idea might be that the baby becomes conscious precisely as it is
born. So is it the act of birth itself that evokes consciousness? It seems hard
to accept this line of thought as the brain itself is completely unaffected by
the birth process . . . On the one hand, there are very specific questions to
be resolved, such as how a neuron knows when to alight from its glial
monorail to the correct region of brain, and how it recognizes similar neu-
rons with which it will team up into. On the other hand, there are more
general puzzles that remain complete enigmas. At what stage does indi-
viduality creep into the developing brain? How does the collection of cir-
cuits of neurons give rise not just to an individual brain but an individual
consciousness? What might a fetus be conscious of? 97
It is our omniscient Lord Who creates the neurons with all their
properties, Who gives them the correct form at the correct moment, and
installs them where they are to go. Everyone—whether they reflect on
this or not—was created by going through the stages here outlined in
general terms. Before the body was even aware of itself, all the necessary
systems were created within it. In addition, they had no responsibility to
function as an ordered system. This perfect order in our bodies is just
one of the innumerable examples of our Lord’s mercy on us. The miracle
of human creation is revealed in these terms in the Qur’an:
We created man from the purest kind of clay; then made him a drop
in a secure receptacle; then formed the drop into a clot and formed
the clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the
bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature.
Blessed be God, the Best of Creators! (Surat al-Muminun, 12-14)
Do you then disbelieve in Him Who created you from dust, then
from a drop of sperm, and then formed you as a man? He is, however,
God, my Lord, and I will not associate anyone with my Lord. (Surat
al-Kahf, 37-38)