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the beginning and direct it to a specific outcome. This "full and complete
set of instructions" employs the material processes of chemistry and
physics but is not created by those processes. Similarly, the software in a
computer employs natural processes to generate a word processing doc-
ument, but the software has to be written by an intelligent agent. 99
In addition, the blueprint for a human being also includes the pro-
duction of its materials, and the biochemical factories in which those
materials will be manufactured. It is nearly impossible to compare the
human body's blueprint to anything else, because whatever analogy
we consider will still fall far short of the complexity in a single cell.
Gerald L. Schroeder describes the extraordinary nature of what
lies hidden in that complexity:
The beauty and awe of life's genesis lies in the details. Skipping over the
intricacies can lead a person to believe that milk just naturally comes in
containers, and is not the end result of a process starting with sunlight
shining on grass. What follows is just a sampling of the relevant steps in
gestation, each revealing only a hint of the complexly ordered wisdom
built into the process. 100
The inanimate, unconscious atoms that make up the cell cannot
make a blueprint, lay out a project, write and decipher a code, take pre-
cautions at various stages, establish a system for the preservation of in-
formation and to perform many other such feats. Anyone able to think
independently of materialist and Darwinist dogmas will appreciate
that such an order cannot come into being spontaneously, but that on
the contrary, it is the work of our Almighty Lord's sublime intellect. By
the will of Allah, elements in the lifeless earth come together to give rise
to a living human being, and perform the tasks entrusted to them with
flawless co-ordination.
In the Qur'an, Allah reveals that:
He Who has created all things in the best possible way. He commenced
the creation of man from clay. (Surat as-Sajda, 7)
