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JUSTICE AND COMPASSION IN THE QUR'AN

1. Protein cannot be synthesized without enzymes, and
enzymes are all proteins.
2. Around 100 proteins need to be present in order for a
single protein to be synthesized. There therefore need to be
proteins for proteins to exist.
3. DNA manufactures the protein-synthesizing enzymes.

Protein cannot be synthesized without DNA. DNA is
therefore also needed in order for proteins to form.
4. All the organelles in the cell have important tasks in
protein synthesis. In other words, in order for proteins to
form a perfect and fully functioning cell needs to exist
together with all its organelles.
The DNA molecule, which is located in the nucleus of a
cell and which stores genetic information, is a magnificent
databank. If the information coded in DNA were written
down, it would make a giant library consisting of an estimated
900 volumes of encyclopedias consisting of 500 pages each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: DNA
can replicate itself only with the help of some specialized
proteins (enzymes). However, the synthesis of these enzymes
can be realized only by the information coded in DNA. As
they both depend on each other, they have to exist at the same
time for replication. This brings the scenario that life
originated by itself to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an

evolutionist of repute from the University of San Diego,
California, confesses this fact in the September 1994 issue of
the Scientific American magazine:
It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic acids,
both of which are structurally complex, arose spontaneously
in the same place at the same time. Yet it also seems impossible