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an inanimate tree branch, and when he throws it once more to the
ground, it again comes to life. In other words, an inanimate matter
comes to life and then becomes lifeless, and then comes to life again.
With this miracle, God shows us the constant creation. God com-
mands in the verses:
He threw it down and suddenly it was a slithering snake. He said,
‘Take hold of it and have no fear. We will return it to its original
form.’ (Surah Ta Ha, 20-21)
‘Throw down what is in your right hand. It will swallow up their
handiwork. Their handiwork is just a magician’s trick. Magicians
do not prosper wherever they go.’ (Surah Ta Ha, 69)
‘Throw down your staff.’ Then when he saw it slithering like a
snake he turned and fled and did not turn back again. ‘Have no
fear, Moses. In My Presence the Messengers have no fear.’ (Surat
an-Naml, 10)
When the Prophet Moses (pbuh) threw his staff to the ground, as
a blessing of God, an inanimate piece of wood turned into a very much
alive creature that slithered and swallowed the conjurations of the oth-
ers; in other words, a creature with a functional digestive system. This
transformation took place instantaneously. Thus, God showed people
an example of how living organisms are created out of nothing. An
inanimate matter came to life by God simply willing it, in other words,
with His command ‘Be’. This miracle that God granted to the Prophet
Moses (pbuh) shattered the superstitious evolutionary beliefs of the
Egyptians of the time with a single blow, and even those who were
against the Prophet Moses (pbuh) realized the truth at that very mo-
ment, renouncing their superstitious beliefs and believing in God.
Furthermore, God informs us in the Qur’an about how the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) made a clay object in the shape of a bird and
breathed into it, and how the bird came to life by God’s Will: