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Miracles of the Qur’an

These details in the Creation of wood remind us, as
set out in Surat al-Waqi 'a, that wood cannot be made by human beings.
Just a few of the inimitable features of wood, which cannot be produced
artificially, are as follows:

Wood, a Resistant Material

The hard and resistant nature of wood is the result of the cellulose
fibers it contains. Cellulose is exceptionally hard and is insoluble in wa-
ter. It is this property of cellulose that makes the use of wood in con-
struction so advantageous. Cellulose, described as a "contractible and in-
comparable substance," has been used for centuries in the construction of
buildings, bridges and many other structures.
Wood consists of parallel columns made up of convex cells laid end

to end. These are surrounded by cellulose fibers in spiral form. In addi-
tion, these cells are contained in "lignin," a substance made from a com-
plex, polymer structure resin. These spirally-enclosed layers make up
80% of the thickness of the cell wall and bears most of the load there is to
bear. When a wood cell collapses internally, it absorbs the shock of a blow
by detatching itself from
the surrounding cells.
Even when such collapses
causes a crack along the
length of the fiber, the
wood remains remark-
ably unharmed. That is
why wood is strong
enough to bear specific
loads even if it is broken.
In addition, wood is
The Mosquito, one of the aircraft most tolerant of
damage, was made of laminated plywood. also able to absorb the

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