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Genes are made up of four special bases called nucleotides,
which occur in a particular sequence. An error in this sequence
would render the gene completely useless. There are 200,000
genes in the human body, and each of the millions of nucleot-
ides making up these genes must be in the right sequence.
When mathematical calculations are done to measure the
probability of this sequence being formed by chance, its im-
possibility becomes evident. For example according to the cal-
culations of Frank Salisbury, an evolutionist biologist, the
1,000
possibility is one in 4 . The number 4 1,000 is the equivalent of
600
10 , which gives the figure 1 followed by 600 zeros! This num-
ber is completely beyond our comprehension.
The impossibility of the formation of RNA and DNA by a
coincidental accumulation of nucleotides is expressed by the
French scientist Paul Auger in the following way:
We have to sharply distinguish the two stages in the chance
formation of complex molecules such as nucleotides by
chemical events. The production of nucleotides one by
one—which is possible—and the combination of these
within very special sequences. The second is absolutely im-
possible. (Paul Auger, De La Physique Theorique a la Biologie,
1970, p. 118)

They said, "Glory be to You! We have no
knowledge except what You have taught us.
You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise."
(Surat al-Baqara: 32)

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