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result of a highly complex system. The bacteria’s surface area is able
to send and receive electrical signals. Bacteria send signals containing
data on the conditions of their environment, including nutritional in-
formation. Based on such information, they decide how often to di-
vide and when to cease reproductive activities.
In short, living beings that are invisible to the naked eye gather
information on their surroundings, interpret them, and communicate
them to one another. They then decide on a joint action plan.

The fact that micro-organisms, devoid of brain and nervous sys-
tem, can display behavior requiring intelligence, reason and con-
sciousness, demonstrates that the source of such rational, planned,
calculated and decisive action lies not within them. This situation re-
veals a clear miracle: Someone else directs them in a rational way.
This being is God Who creates them and then directs each of their ac-
tions. This reality is not just true for bacteria but also for all other be-

ings. As the Qur’an reveals: “…There is no creature He does not hold
by the forelock…” (Qur’an, 11:56)

In recent years, observations of bacteria have shown that these single-celled creatures
make decisions, based on their analysis of their environment. Such behavior, requiring
intelligence, reason and consciousness, and performed by a micro-organism with no
brain or nervous system, shows that the creature itself cannot be the source of this be-
havior. This reveals an obvious miracle: Another intelligence governs it—God, Who
creates these creatures and inspires their behavior. This is true not only of bacteria,
but for all living things.

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