MAN: A Wonder of Creation
On the earth are Signs for those of assured Faith.
As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see? (Quran 51:2021)
After
looking at the wonders of God’s creation as manifest in the heavens and
earthly creatures, man begins to ponder: How does the size and order of
the physical universe deepen your appreciation of God? 'He spoke
in a loud voice: 'Fear God and pay him homage, for the hour of his
judgment has come! Worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and
the springs of water!' (Rev.14:7). How does the earth’s size
and proximity to the sun demonstrate God’s wisdom? What purpose does the
moon serve? How has God designed humans to enjoy life? There are many
questions begging for answers to which science has not been able to
offer satisfactory answers. Why are we different from each other in
appearance? The Chinaman and the Bantu are not only different in colour
but in facial appearance. Is that due to evolution too? The Scandinavian
man who is born and lives in Timbuktu all his life will only develop a
tan, but never change colour and moreover will give birth to a white
baby in Timbuktu. Creation is wonderful in its products. The lizard will
never metamorphous into a crocodile, neither will a viper become an
Anaconda till the end of time. The million and billions of years of
so-called evolution is an abracadabra which science has used to hoodwink
us. All animals were created, including their various species. Lucy,
that Ape ‘ancestor’ of man is a grand hoax. Lucy was never the ancestor
of man. At a point in time man emerged as fully man and not as an
ape-man. The National Geographic has perpetuated many of these evolution
stories to keep the theory of evolution alive.
“The
story of Lucy reeks of evolution-serving circular reasoning. An
imaginary ape having human feet and body posture only exists in the
minds of those who assume humans evolved from ape-like ancestors. But a
look at the fossils instead of listening to evolutionary stories opens a
new option: that the Laetoli tracks look human because actual humans
made them. But this would force another rewrite of human evolution in
general. Paleoanthropologists are
actually coming to terms with the fact that the dating of the
appearance of man on the evolutionary timeline may be wrong. There are
even some suggestions that there were humans during the Triassic period,
between 243 and 233.23 million years ago as focalized footprints of man
and dinosaur side by side had been found. See Mysterious Origins of Man, a documentary anchored by Charlton Heston.
While
the Lucy fossil is 3,200,000 years old, the earliest fossils of
anatomically modern humans are from the Middle Paleolithic, about
200,000 years ago such as the Omo remains of Ethiopia and the fossils of
Herto sometimes classified as Homo sapiens Idaltu. There is however a
fossil of an anatomically modern human dating 300,000 years found in
Morocco.
It
is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: With it We produce
vegetation of all kinds: From some We produce green (crops), out of
which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date palm and
its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near:
And (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates,
each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): When they begin to
bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof.
Behold! In these things there are Signs for people who believe. (Quran
6:99)
What
is DNA? Of all God’s earthly creations, how are humans different? In
the Bible, Mathew 6:26-28, we are told to observe intensely God’s
handiwork as doing so can deepen our faith, instill confidence in the
Creator. The Quran reads:
And
Allah has created every animal from water: Of them there are some that
creep on their bellies; some that walk on hind legs; and some that walk
on four. Allah creates what He wills; for verily Allah has power over
all things. (Quran 24:45)
The
greatest of all creations is man himself; the marvelous machine—precise
and efficient. Though man-made machines are lubricated only by outside
sources; the body lubricates itself by manufacturing a jelly-like
substance in the right amount at every place it is needed.
The
body has a chemical plant far more intricate than any plant that man
has ever built. This plant changes the food we eat into living tissue.
It causes the growth of flesh, blood, bones and teeth. It even repairs
the body when parts are damaged by accident or disease. Power, for work
and play, comes from the food we eat.
The
body’s cooling system is very efficient during time of excessive heat.
The human body has an automatic thermostat that takes care of both our
heating and cooling systems, keeping body temperature at about 37°C
(98.6°F).
As
for the human brain, it is ‘… the most complex and orderly arrangement
of matter in the universe’, says Isaac Asimov. The brain is the centre
of a complex computer system more wonderful than the greatest one ever
built by man. And in just one human brain there is probably more wiring,
more electrical circuitry, than in all the computer systems of the
world put together. Yes, it is a wonderful thing—this brain of ours.
In our eye the focus and aperture are adjusted automatically; a process called accommodation: The
act or state of adjustment or adaptation; the automatic adjustment in
the focal length of the lens of the eye to permit retinal focus of
images of objects at varying distances.
The
sound we hear is being played on a perfect little musical instrument
inside our ear. The sound waves go down the auditory canal and are
carried by the bones of the middle ear to the cochlea, which is rolled
up like a tiny sea shell. The cochlea is filled with liquid, and
transferring sound waves from air to liquid is one of the most difficult
problems known to science. Three tiny bones called the ossicles are
just right to do the job that enables us to hear properly.
Interestingly, the size of these little bones does not change from the
time we are born.
The
heart actually is a muscular pump forcing blood through thousands of
miles of blood vessels. Blood carries food and oxygen to every part of
the body. The heart pumps an average of six liters (1.5 U.S. gallons) of
blood every minute, and in one day pumps enough blood to fill more than
forty 200-litre (50-gallon) drums.
A far more astonishing wonder is in the development of the human embryos.
Man
We did create from a quintessence (of clay); Then We placed him as (a
drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed; Then We made the sperm
into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus)
lump; then We made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with
flesh; then We developed out of it another creature. So blesses be
Allah, the Best to create! (Quran 23:12-14)
The
wonders which occur during the nine-month gestation period are
unsurpassable. During the first four weeks of the new life, billions of
cells are formed, and they arrange themselves according to a fascinating
plan to shape the new human being: A dramatic new development occurs;
the first blood vessels appear. A few days later another wonderful event
takes place: Within the tiny breast of the 1.7 mm long embryo two blood
vessels join to form the heart, which begins to pump blood through the
miniscule body. The tiny new heart provides the developing brain with
blood and oxygen. In the fourth month, the heart of the foetus already
pumps almost 30 litres of blood per day, and at birth this volume will
increase to about 350 litres. These arrangements could not have been by
chance. And all these from a drop of sperm!
In
the embryonic stage, lungs, eyes, and ears develop, although they are
not used yet. After two months, the embryo is only three to four
centimeters long. It is so small that it could literally fit inside a
walnut shell, but even at this stage all organs are already present.
During the following months the organs increase in size and assume their
eventual shape. Allâhu Akbar!
How
is it possible that embryonic development does not entail a disorderly
growth of cells, but is systematic and purposeful according to a set
timetable? A precise plan, in which all stages are programmed in the
finest detail, underlies all these processes. Surely, there is God!
Having
said all these, Man is a most ungrateful and inconsiderate being. He
steals from his fellow man and even commits other transgressions in the
name of God. He is a liar, cheat, fornicator and a reveler in all forms
of iniquity. Like our political leaders, Man is often not worth the
value of the skin that covers his lips. Yet, Man forgets all that Allah
has said in the Quran Chapter 76 Al-Insan (The Human Being):
Has
there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was
nothing--(not even) mentioned? Verily We created Man from a drop of
mingled sperm, in order to try him: So We gave him (the gifts) of
Hearing and Sight. We
showed him the Way: Whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his
will). For the Rejecters We have prepared Chains, Yokes, and a Blazing
Fire. (Quran 76:1-4)
If only they knew!
Barka Juma’at and a happy weekend
Babatunde Jose
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