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neck. A little thinking would make one
notice how difficult it must be to have the
He is Allah, the
blood pumped so high. But giraffes do not Creator, the Shaper
have any problem about this, because their out of naught, the
hearts are equipped with features to pump Bestower of forms (or
colours). To Him
blood as high as necessary. This enables
belong the Most
them to carry on with their lives effortlessly.
Beautiful Names:
Yet they still face another problem whatever is in the
while they drink water. Essentially, giraffes heavens and on earth,
should have died of high blood pressure declares His Praises
and Glory: and He is
every time they bent down to drink water.
the Exalted in Might,
However, the perfect system in their necks the Wise.
completely eliminates this risk. When they (Surat al-Hashr, 24)
bend down, the valves in their neck vessels
are shut down and they prevent excess
blood from flowing to the brain.
There is no doubt that the giraffes did not acquire these traits by plan-
ning them in accordance with their needs. It is even more implausible to
say that all these vital features were shaped over time through a gradual
evolutionary process. In order for a giraffe to stay alive, it is vital for it to
have a pumping system to transmit blood to the brain and a valve system
to prevent high blood pressure the minute it bends down. If any one of
these characteristics did not exist or did not function properly, then it
would be impossible for the giraffe to go on living.
The conclusion to be derived from all this is that the giraffe species
was born into the world with all the characteristics vital for its living. It is
impossible for a non-existent being to master its body and acquire essen-
tial traits consciously. So, giraffes unquestionably prove that they are cre-
ated by a conscious creation, that is by Allah.

Sea Turtles
Sea turtles living in the oceans surge in crowds towards the beach
when it is time for them to reproduce. This is no ordinary beach though.
The beach they arrive at to reproduce has to be the one where they were

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