Page 167 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya

The words "Water is the main compo-
nent of organic matter. 50-90% of the
weight of living things consists of water"
appear regularly in encyclopaedias.
Furthermore, 80% of the cytoplasm (basic cell
material) of a standard animal cell is described
as water in biology textbooks. The analysis of
cytoplasm and its appearance in textbooks took

place hundreds of years after the revelation of the
Qur'an. It is therefore impossible for this fact, now
accepted by the scientific community, to have been
known at the time the Qur'an was revealed. Yet, atten-
tion was drawn to it in the Qur'an 1,400 years
before its discovery.

All life forms need water in order to
survive. Animals in dry regions,
therefore, have been created with
mechanisms to protect their metab-
olisms from water loss and to
ensure maximum benefit from water
use. If water loss takes place in the
body for any reason, and if that
loss is not made good, death
will result in a few days. The
famous 17th century sci-
entist Jan Baptista van
Helmont discovered in
1640s that water in
the soil was the
most important ele-
ment of plant
development.

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