Page 43 - Miracles of The Qur'an Vol. 3

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

around us have been ceaselessly producing this compound
for millions of years by combining oxygen, carbon, water and sunlight.

One of the compounds in lignocellulose is water, expressed by the
formula H O. Despite containing a large amount of water in its make-up,
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wood is still somehow one of the most flammable materials in nature. The
above verse is very wise in noting that wood cannot be made by human
beings. By means of these compounds and the water it contains, wood is
one of the most important fuels of fire.
Trees are an important sphere of scientific research. Scientists are still
struggling to grasp all the details in their Creation. The complex struc-
tures of the cells that constitute trees have still not been fully unraveled,
despite advances in technology and intensive research. The Forestry
Commission of Great Britain, one of the world's leading forestry research
institutions, says the following under the heading "Lack of Information
on the Chemistry and Structure of Wood Fibres":
Despite the knowledge resulting from earlier and ongoing research,
there still exists a lack of information on the chemistry and structure
of wood fibres. Large variations can be found within a single tree,
from the pith to the bark and from the base to the top of a tree. Often

An examina-
tion of the
chemical
structure of
wood shows it
consists of
50% cellulose,
25% hemicel-
lulose and
25% lignin.

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