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Miracles Of The Quran

DNA AND THE BEGINNING OF
GENETIC HISTORY

The term DNA (Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid) is an abbreviation scien-
tists use when talking about the genetic material in living things. The be-
ginning of the science of genetics dates back to genetic laws drawn up by
the scientist Mendel in 1865. The date, a turning point in the history of sci-

ence, is referred to in Surat al-Kahf, verse 18:65.
When the appearance of the letters D-N-A (Dal-

Nun-Alif in Arabic) side by side in places in the Qur'an is examined, they
appear most frequently in this particular verse. The letters D-N-A appear
side by side three times in this verse, in a unique manner. In no other
verse of the Qur'an do the letters "DNA" appear consecutively so often.
The number of this exceptional verse in which the term DNA ap-
pears so strikingly is 18:65. These numbers are an expression of the date
when the science of genetics began. This is unlikely to be a coincidence.
Because only in verse 18:65 of the Qur'an do the letters "DNA" appear

three times consecutively. This is something miraculous, because the sci-
entific world only came up with the name DNA (Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid)
comparatively recently.
In Surat al-Kahf, which refers to DNA and the year 1865 when the
science of genetics began, DNA is repeated 7 times, as is RNA (the Arabic
letters Ra-Nun-Alif). Like DNA, the RNA molecule is a molecule giving
rise to genetic structure. For that reason, the appearance of DNA and
RNA an equal number of times in this Surat is further proof that these
molecules were referred to in the Qur'an hundreds of years ago. (Allah
knows the truth.)

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