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THE MIRACLE OF HUMAN CREATION

came from the union of your mother's egg cell and your father's sperm cell.
In the Qur'an, God sometimes refers to the wonders of the earth and
the sky, and sometimes to the mysteries of the creation of living things as
various signs of His existence. One of the most important of these signs is
His wondrous creation of human beings.
In many verses, as a lesson to human beings, God advises them to
turn and look at their own creation. He explains in detail how human be-
ings come to be and what stages they pass through. In Sura 56, He tells of
human creation:
We created you, so why do you not confirm the truth? Have you tho-
ught about the sperm that you ejaculate? Is it you who create it or are
We the Creator? (Qur'an, 56: 57-59)
The essence of a human being composed of 60-70 kilos of flesh and
a mass of bones was originally contained in a drop of fluid. It is certainly
a wonder that an intelligent, feeling human being with the faculties of
speech and hearing and with a remarkably complex physical structure co-
uld come into existence from a drop of fluid. This development was cer-
tainly not the result of a random process or the operation of chance, but
rather of a conscious process of Creation.
This book will explain in detail a wonder that is experienced conti-
nually, by every person on the face of the earth the wonder of human cre-
ation. It must be made clear that what is dealt with in this book is only a
part of the intricacies of human creation; but even what is related in this
book reveals once again the eternal power of the Creator, His limitless
knowledge and intelligence that surround and embrace the whole univer-
se. And it will remind human beings that Almighty God is "the Best of
Creators".
We created man from the purest kind of clay; then made him a drop in
a secure receptacle; then formed the drop into a clot and formed the
clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bo-
nes in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature.
Blessed be God, the Best of Creators! (Qur'an, 23: 12-14)

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