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the same sharpness and clarity as the sound perceived by the ear.
Think of the highest-quality hi-fi systems produced by the largest
company in the music industry. Even in these devices, when sound
is recorded some of it is lost; or when you turn on a hi-fi you always
hear a hissing sound before the music starts. However, the sounds
that are the products of the human body's technology are extreme-
ly sharp and clear. A human ear never perceives a sound accompa-
nied by a hissing sound or with atmospherics as does a hi-fi; rather,
it perceives sound exactly as it is, sharp and clear. This is the way it
has been since the Creation of man.
So far, no man-made visual or recording apparatus has been
as sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory data as are the
eye and the ear. However, as far as seeing and hearing are con-
cerned, a far greater truth lies beyond all this.

To Whom Does the Consciousness that Sees and
Hears Within the Brain Belong?

Who watches an alluring world in the brain, listens to sym-
phonies and the twittering of birds, and smells the rose?
The stimulations coming from a person's eyes, ears, and nose
travel to the brain as electro-chemical nerve impulses. In biology,
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physiology, and biochemistry books, you can find many details
about how this image forms in the brain. However, you will nev-
er come across the most important fact: Who perceives these elec-
tro-chemical nerve impulses as images, sounds, odors, and senso-
ry events in the brain? There is a consciousness in the brain that
perceives all this without feeling any need for an eye, an ear, and
a nose. To whom does this consciousness belong? Of course it
does not belong to the nerves, the fat layer, and neurons compris-
ing the brain. This is why Darwinist-materialists, who believe that
everything is comprised of matter, cannot answer these questions.
For this consciousness is the spirit created by Allah, which
needs neither the eye to watch the images nor the ear to hear the
sounds. Furthermore, it does not need the brain to think.

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