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Biomimetics: Technology Imitates Nature

All-Powerful Lord. As an example, take the photosynthesis that plants
carry out—a miracle of creation, whose mysteries have not yet been un-
covered.
Photosynthesis is the process whereby green plants turn light into
carbohydrates that human beings and animals can consume. Perhaps at
first sight, this description might not seem too remarkable, yet bio-
chemists believe that artificial photosynthesis could easily change the
whole world.
Plants carry out photosynthesis by means of a complex string of
events. The exact nature of these processes is still unclear. Just this feature
alone is enough to silence the proponents of the theory of evolution.
Professor Ali Demirsoy describes very well the dilemma that photosyn-
thesis represents for evolutionist scientists:
Photosynthesis is a rather complicated event and appears impossible to emerge
in the organelles within the cell. That is because it is impossible for all the stages
to come about at once, and meaningless for them to do so separately. 38
Plants trap sunlight in natural solar cell parts known as chloroplasts.
In the same way, we store in batteries the energy we obtain from artificial
solar panels, which turn light into electrical energy.
A plant cell’s low power output necessitates the use of a great many
“panels,” in the form of leaves. It’s enough for leaves, like solar panels, to
face the sun in order to meet human beings’ energy needs. When the
chloroplasts’ functions are fully replicated, tiny solar batteries will be able
to operate equipment requiring a great deal of energy. Spacecraft and ar-
tificial satellites will be able to operate using solar energy alone, with no
need for any other energy source.
Plants, which possess such superior capabilities and astound the sci-
entists who try to imitate them, bow their heads to God, like all other liv-
ing things. This is revealed in a verse:
Shrubs and trees both bend in worship. (Qur’an, 55: 6)

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