Page 121 - Photosynthesis: The Green Miracle

Harun Yahya

downwards, so its sprouts always grow up. If planted in such a way that
the sprouting shoot that grows upwards is buried underground, then no
rooting will occur. Polarization, which is implemented in every plant, has

determined the direction of growth without interruption, ever since the
day they were first created. Yet there is no decision-making mechanism in
plants, no molecules that are more intelligent or better informed than any
others and are capable of imposing their will on the rest. No atom goes to
any central body and receives commands regarding the direction in
which it will carry out growth. In the same way that some cells constitute
leaves, others flowers and still others a branch, they follow a previously
determined order when it comes to their direction of growth. Therefore,
wherever in the world we plant a particular species, it will have the same

shape and taste. Every plant has been behaving in the same way, inspired
by the laws of Allah, since the day it was first created.
Like all their other characteristics, plants’ movements take place
thanks to mechanisms designed for them in an ideal manner. Clearly, it
cannot be the unconscious molecules comprising the plant that give rise
to these mechanisms. No atom can think of a plant’s roots grow-
ing in the direction of water, or of shoots growing in the di-

rection of the light. These systems, the workings of which
scientists are only now learning in the 21st century, have
been discharging their duties, without fail, in the body of
every plant for millions of years, in line with
Allah’s creation.

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