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In the different stages of protein synthesis, hundreds of different
proteins and enzymes are needed for the manufacture of a single pro-
tein molecule. In addition, a great many molecules and ions (electrical-
ly charged atoms) are ready and waiting. That being so, the question of
how the first protein came into being represents one of the most severe
difficulties facing evolutionists.
In an article published in American Scientist magazine, the evolu-
tionist and biologist Carly P. Haskings expresses their predicament:
. . . the most sweeping evolutionary questions at the level of biochemical
genetics are still unanswered. How the genetic code first appeared and
then evolved and, earlier even than that, how life itself originated on
earth remain for the future to resolve . . . Did the code and the means of
translating it appear simultaneously in evolution? It seems almost incred-
ible that any such coincidence could have occurred, given the extraordi-
nary complexities of both sides and the requirement that they be coordi-
nated accurately for survival. By a pre-Darwinian (or a skeptic of evolu-
tion after Darwin), this puzzle would surely have been interpreted as
the most powerful sort of evidence for special creation. 87
As this scientist states, in order for protein synthesis to occur, all
the systems in the cell need to be present at once. The absence of even
one component of the system will mean that proteins cannot be manu-
factured and that therefore, life cannot continue. Evolutionists, howe-
ver, claim that proteins first emerged as the result of chance, and that
cells then formed as a result of random combinations of proteins. Ho-
wever, it is perfectly obvious that none of these components can form
in the absence of the others.
This is clear proof that Allah has created all living things together
with all their systems. His flawless creation is revealed in these terms
in the Qur'an: