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110 THE MIRACLE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

The Protected Barrier
In essence, the embryo in a mother's womb should
normally be considered foreign matter by the host hu-
man body. Subsequently, when the embryo is first
formed, the body would immediately instigate a struggle
against it. The defence system would not allow such an
‘enemy' to develop. However, despite this negative sce-
nario, the embryo is not as vulnerable as we might as-
sume. After it is formed, it succeeds in fully developing
over an extended period of 9 months, completely pro-
tected against the intended attacks of the antibodies.
How then is this achieved?
There is a barrier surrounding the embryo specially
created to absorb only the nutrients in the blood. This
barrier helps the embryo to take up the necessary nu-
trients for its development, while isolating it from the
destructive effect of antibodies.
Otherwise, the antibodies would immediately at-
tack the embryo (considered as a foreign substance)
and destroy it. The isolation of the embryo from the an-
tibodies with such a special protection is one of the
most perfect examples of creation in the mother's
womb.
Neither mutation, nor natural selection nor any
other so-called evolutionary mechanism could have in-
corporated such perfect creation in the evolution tale.
The miracle of creation is self-evident. In the Qur'an,
Allah states that He placed the embryo in a secure
repository:
Did We not create you from a base fluid, then
place it in a secure repository for a recognised