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Introduction 13

one example, is found in only one
group of crustaceans, the so-
called long-bodied decapods.
This family includes the lobsters,
the prawns and the shrimp.
The other members of the
crustacea class display the
"refracting type eye structure",
which works on completely
different principles from those of
the reflecting type. Here, the eye
is made up of hundreds of cells like a honeycomb. Unlike the square cells in
a lobster eye, these cells are either hexagonal or round. Furthermore, instead
of reflecting light, small lenses in the cells refract the light onto the focus on
the retina.
The majority of crustaceans have the refracting eye structure. On the
contrary, only one group of the crustaceans, namely the long-bodied
decapods, have reflecting eyes. According to evolutionist assumptions, all
the creatures within the class Crustacea should have evolved from the same
ancestor. Therefore, evolutionists claim that reflecting eye evolved from a
refracting eye, which is far more common among the crustacea and of a
fundamentally simpler design.
However, such reasoning is impossible, because both eye structures
function perfectly within their own systems and have no room for any
"transitional" phase. A crustacean would be left sightless and would be
eliminated by natural selection if the refracting lens in its eye were to
diminish and be replaced by reflecting mirrored surfaces.
It is, therefore, certain that both of these eye structures were designed
and created separately. There is such superb geometric precision in these
eyes that entertaining the possibility of "coincidence" is simply ludicrous.
Just like the rest of the miracles of creation, the lobster's eye structure is an
open testimony to the Creator's boundless power to create flawlessly. This is
nothing but a manifestation of Allah's endless knowledge, wisdom and
might. We can encounter such miracles as these regardless of what we
examine in the world of creation.