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In the Name of Allah, The All-Merciful and Most Merciful
ble. Under such conditions, the complex mechanisms of liv-
ing organisms cannot function. The best liquid environment
for life, therefore, is water, which is “... the handiwork of
Allah, Who gives to everything its solidity.” (Surat an-Naml,
88)
Water’s fluidity is very important for each cell’s in-
ternal activities and for the circulation system. All living
things larger than a quarter of a millimeter have circulation
systems. After reaching this size, such a system is needed to
transport nutrients and oxygen to and from the cell’s fluid.
The body contains countless cells, and thus needs some chan-
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