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ery stage of life, from infancy right up to death. Only our Lord knows
all this information and "proportioned" humankind. (Surah 'Abasa,
19)
In addition, all other living things on Earth –bacteria, viruses, in-
sects, horses and plants– also have DNA in their cells. Each one's DNA
contains detailed information about the needs and body structure of
the organism to which it belongs. Recalling the millions of species on
Earth, one can better grasp the scope of the information in question.
Our Almighty Lord equips every living thing right from the outset with
all the information it needs, places that information inside the cells, and
creates the separate DNA sequences for each living species.
In the Presence of a Book, the
Explanation of Chance Loses "It is He Who brought you
All Meaning into being and gave you
hearing, sight and hearts.
Whenever any written work is What little thanks you
presented, the question aris- show!" (Surat al-Mulk, 23)
es: Who is the author who dis- and that it is Allah Who
covered the information in it? creates and gives human
It is impossible to claim that a beings all their character-
fascinating, intricate, world-re- istics.
nowned manual was written
spontaneously or came into
being as the result of chance.
Everyone will agree that every
word and every line was writ-
ten by some author. The store
of information in the DNA,
kept under special protection
in the cell nucleus, also has a
Lord and Creator.
In one verse of the Qur'an we
are told:
