Page 61 - For Men of Understanding

Did We not create you from a base fluid? Then place it in a secure
repository? (Surat al-Mursalat: 20-21)
All of this information given in the Qur’an about the formation of man demon-
strates that the Qur’an comes from a source that knows about this formation down
to its slightest detail. This situation once more proves that the Qur’an is the word
of Allah.
Meanwhile, the embryo that previously looked like a gel, with time trans-
forms. In the initial soft structure, hard bones begin to form to provide the body
the ability to stand upright. The cells, which were initially the same, become spe-
cialised: some form light-sensitive eye cells, some nerve cells sensitive to cold,
heat and pain, and some cells sensitive to sound vibrations. Do the cells by them-
selves decide on this differentiation? Do they by themselves first decide to form a
human heart or a human eye and then accomplish this incredible task? On the
other hand, are they created appropriately for these purposes? Wisdom, intellect
and soul will assent to the second alternative.
At the end of these processes, the baby completes its devel-
opment inside the mother’s womb, then is born into the world. Or were they
created out of
Now it is 100 million times bigger and 6 billion times heavier than
nothing, or are
it was initially....
they the creators?
This is the story of our first step into life, not those of any
Or did they creat
other organism. What can be more important for a man than find-
the heavens and
ing the purpose of such an amazing creation?
the earth? No, in
It is illogical to think that all of these complicated functions
truth they have
occur "of their own volition". No one has the power to create him- no certainty.
self, or another person or any other object? Allah creates all the (Surat at-Tur: 35-36)
events hitherto described, each moment, each second and each
stage.

"Allah created you from dust and then from a drop of sperm and then
made you into pairs. No female gets pregnant or gives birth except with
His knowledge. And no living thing lives long or has its life cut short
without that being in a Book. That is easy for Allah." (Surah Fatir: 11)
Our body, which from only a "drop of sperm", transforms itself into a human,
has millions of delicate balances. Even though we are not aware of them, there
are extremely complex and delicate systems in our body that help us survive.
Allah, the only Owner, Creator and Lord of man built all these systems, in order
for him to understand that "he is created".
Man is a being Allah created. Since he is created, he is not to be "left uncon-
trolled (without purpose)".

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