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The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

both water-lov ing (polar) and water-reject ing (non po lar) mol -
e cu les, can't get past the polar sur face. . . . But nature is clev -
er, some how filled with wis dom . . . [The mem bra ne's] design
is abso lute ly bril liant. 31
The intel lect and Cre a tion exci ted ly referred to by the
author belong to our Lord, Who caus es His supe ri or
knowl edge to man i fest in all things. The way that the
mem bra ne's struc ture is not dam aged dur ing entries and
exits from the cell, how it per mits con stant entry to a
num ber of sub stan ces with out split ting or tear ing, and
also removes sub stan ces from the cell are mirac u lous
phe nom e na tak ing place in a dimen sion too small to be
seen with the naked eye. Yet they occur through the will
of our Lord, as is revealed in the vers es: "No leaf falls
with out His know ing it." (Surat al-An‘am, 59) and "Not
even the small est speck eludes your Lord, either on
Earth or in heav en. . . " (Surah Yunus, 61).
Membrane protein

Proteins in the Cell Membrane
The cell mem brane bas i cal ly con sists of
a bi-lipid layer and a large num ber of pro -
tein mol e cu les float ing inside it. Because of
the mem bra ne's fluid prop er ty described
ear li er, pro teins in the mem brane act like a
secu ri ty check point. Large mol e cu les like

Proteins in the cell membrane perform functions such as recognition, transport,
and absorption into the cell. A single error might lead to the death of the cell
and thus, to damage of the organ to which it belongs or the whole body. It's of
course impossible for proteins, accumulations of unconscious atoms, to spon-
taneously undertake functions requiring reason and foresight. These are
inspired in them by Allah.

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