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and location of antigens could be identified precisely. Depending on the
type of the enemy, first the phagocytes have to be activated. How can pha-
gocytes be directed to rush to the exact location? What kind of a message
would help them to locate the enemy easily? Let us suppose that the im-
possible became the possible. Then comes the time to learn whether the
phagocytes have won the war or not. Depending on the result, either the
macrophages will be launched or the war will be stopped. No doubt, the
only possible solution lies with visiting the doctor again and having a
thorough check-up. If the war has not been won, the secondary forces,
that is, the macrophages, must be sent to the area of conflict. Meanwhile,
the time spent on the check-up would work against us. Without losing

any time, the macrophages have to tear a piece off the enemy and warn
the helper T cells. The helper T cells will in turn warn the killer T cells,
thus initiating another struggle. These cells, too, must be checked on as to
whether they are successful or not — for which, again, a doctor’s help is
needed — and then the NK cells must be called in for assistance. After a
final examination, it will be determined if the defence system has been ef-
fective in defeating the infection.
If man were asked to control only his defence system and nothing
else, he would have to be involved in such a complicated and difficult
process. Even a simple common cold would require him to go to the doc-
tor’s many times over, follow up the recovery course of the cells with ex-
tremely advanced medical equipment, and direct them as necessary. Even
the slightest delay or a problem in the course of the process would cause
the illness to be further aggravated.
What if man were asked to form these cells, make them recognize the
enemy and manufacture the appropriate antibodies, then teach and orga-

nize all the processes they would perform … Unquestionably, such a life
would be far more troublesome and distressful than the aforementioned
model. It would literally be impossible.
Allah has taken the burden of this process away from humans, creat-
ing a faultless system to work in the most immaculate and independent