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The Giver of Life
He gives life and causes to die, and you will be returned to
Him. (Surah Yunus, 10:56)

Giving life to all beings, creating them from nothing, and sur-
rounding them with the proper conditions for their survival is a fea-
ture unique to Allah, Who has infinite power.
Allah makes a sperm unite an ovum, both of which are invisible
to the naked eye. As soon as the sperm destined to fertilize the egg
enters the ovum, a membrane covers the egg and a new life begins.
Allah divides this tiny cell first into two and then into four. This
process proceeds rapidly, and the end result is a miraculous life
starting in the mother’s womb. After some time, these cells change in
order to form the embryo’s brain, nervous system, bones, and carti-
lage. This way, within only 9 months, Allah creates from nothing a
human being who sees, hears, speaks, and uses his or her intelli-
gence. He then grants life. Obviously, an egg and a sperm cannot ac-
complish these series of miraculous events, for only Allah causes
them to unite and then protects the embryo within the mother’s
womb for nine months. This is the first creation and the first bring-
ing to life.
Allah grants life to each human being and destines each one to
die on a particular day. Until then, He tests them in the life of this
world. At the appointed time, He takes their lives and, on the Day of
Judgment, resurrects them, just as He first created them from nothing,
to repay them for what they did in the world. No doubt, this is easy
for Allah, the Almighty. Yet those who ignore this resurrection say:

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