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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

are infected with trichina, no such methods were known in earlier cen-
turies. That means that everyone who ate pork risked infection by
trichina and possible death.
All these reasons are just a part of the wisdom in our Lord's pro-
hibition on the consumption of pork. Moreover, this commandment of
our Lord's provides complete protection from the harmful effects of
pork under any conditions.
Until the 20th century, it was impossible to be aware of the danger

posed to human health by pork. The fact that the Qur'an, revealed four-
teen centuries ago, warns against this harm which has been incontro-
vertibly revealed with modern medical equipment and biological tests,
is one of the miracles demonstrating that the Qur'an is the revelation of
Allah, the Omniscient. Despite all the precautionary measures and
inspections that take place in modern-day pig rearing, the fact that pork
is physiologically incompatible with the human body and is a variety
of meat harmful to human health has not altered.

This picture shows the "trichina" worm.

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