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Mother's milk is an
                                                                     unmatched mixture that is
                                                                     created by God as both an
                                                                     excellent food-source for the

                                                                      newborn     baby,    and    a
                                                                      substance that increases its
                                                                      resistance to diseases. Even
                                                                      artificial baby food produced
                                                                    by today's technology cannot
                                                                  substitute for this miraculous
                                                                 source of nutrition.

                                                                    Every day, a new benefit of
                                                              mother's milk to the baby is
                                                              discovered. One of the facts that
                                                               science has discovered about
                                                               mother's milk is that suckling up to
                                                                 two years after birth is very
                                                                 beneficial. 19  God gives us this
                                                                 important information, which was
                                                                discovered by science only very

                                                             recently, with the verse "…his weaning
                                                             was in two years.." 14 centuries ago.


                                                                ”And We have enjoined upon
                                                              man goodness towards his parents:

                                                               his mother bore him by bearing
                                                                  strain upon strain, and his
                                                              weaning was in two years: (hence,
                                                               O man,) be grateful to Me and to

                                                                   your parents; to Me is the
                                                                      eventual coming.„

                                                                      (The Qur'an, 31:14)



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