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Part II
Human Being
"Does not man
recall that We created him before when he was not anything?"
(Surah Maryam: 67)
CREATION IN THE UTERUS
"Does not man recall that We created him before when he was not anything?"
(Surah Maryam: 67)
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If a person does not use his common sense and ask himself the question
"how did I come into being?" he will adopt an illogical attitude
saying to himself, "I somehow came into being!...". With such
reasoning, he will start to lead a life in which he will have no time
to think on such issues.
However, a person with common sense should think how he was created and
determine the meaning of his life accordingly. While doing this, he should
not be afraid, as some people are, of ending up with the conclusion "I
have been created". Those people mentioned above do not want to take any
responsibility towards a Creator. They fear changing their lifestyles,
habits, and the ideologies the have accepted in case they acknowledge
that they are created. Therefore, they run away from obeying their Creator.
Those who deny Allah and who "refuted them (His
signs) wrongly and haughtily, in spite of their own certainty about them,"
(Surat an-Naml: 14) as described in the Qur’an, adopt this psychology.
On the other hand, a person who appraises his existence with wisdom and
common sense will see nothing in himself but the signs of Allah's creation.
He will acknowledge that his existence depends on the co-operation of
thousands of complicated systems, none of which he creates or controls.
He will grasp the fact that "he is created" and, by knowing
our Creator, Allah, he will try to understand for what purpose He "created"
him.
For anyone who tries to comprehend the meaning of His creation there
is a guide book: the Qur'an. This book is a guide sent to him and to all
created men on earth by our Creator, Allah.
That the phenomenon of creation takes place just as described in the
Qur’an conveys significant meanings to the men of understanding.
The following pages include various pieces of information, for those
with wisdom and common sense, exhibiting how "they were created" and the
marvel of this creation.
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Allah created you from dust and then from
a drop of sperm and then made you into pairs. No female gets pregnant
or gives birth except with His knowledge. And no living thing lives
long or has its life cut short without that being in a Book. That
is easy for Allah. (Surah Fatir: 11)
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The story of man’s creation starts at two different locations very distant
from each other. The human being steps into life by the union of two separate
substances present in the bodies of women and men, which are created totally
independently from each other yet in perfect harmony. It is certain that
the sperm in the male body is not produced by the will and control of
man, just as the egg in the female body is not formed by the will and
control of woman. Indeed, they are not even aware of those occurrences.
We created you so why do you not confirm the truth?
Have you thought about the sperm that you ejaculate? Is it you who
create it or are We the Creator? (Surat al-Waqi’ah: 57-59)
It is obvious that both the substances, that coming from the man and
that from the woman, are created in accordance with one another. The creation
of these two substances, their union and transformation into a human being
are indeed great miracles.
THE TESTICLES AND THE SPERM
Sperm, which constitutes the first step in the creation of a new human
being, is produced "outside" the man’s body. The reason for this is that
sperm production is only possible in an environment two degrees cooler
than normal body temperature. In order to stabilise the temperature at
this level there is special skin on the testicles. It shrinks in cold
weather and expands in hot weather, keeping temperature constant. Does
the male himself "regulate" and arrange this delicate balance? Certainly
not. The male is not even aware of this. Those who keep on resisting the
fact of creation can only say that this is "an undiscovered function of
the human body". The definition of "undiscovered function" is nothing
but a "mere name".
 
Sperm and the inside view of testicles.
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Produced in the testicles at the rate of 1,000 per minute, sperm has
a special design made for its journey to the female ovaries, a journey
that progresses as if it "knows" the place. The sperm is composed of a
head, a neck and a tail. Its tail helps it move in the uterus like a fish.
Its head part, containing a portion of the baby’s genetic code, is covered
with a special protective shield. The function of this shield is revealed
at the entrance to the mother’s uterus: here, the environment is very
acidic. It is clear that the sperm is covered with a protective shield
by "someone" who is aware of this acidity. (The purpose of this acidic
environment is the protection of the mother from microbes.)
It is not only millions of sperms that are ejaculated into the uterus.
Semen is a mixture of various kinds of fluid. In the Qur'an this fact
is emphasised in the verse below:
"Has man ever known a point of time when he was
not something remembered? We created man from a mingled drop to test him,
and We made him hearing and seeing." (Surat al-Insan: 1-2)
These fluids within the semen contain sugar, which is to provide the
energy needed by the sperm. Besides, its basic composition has various
tasks such as neutralising the acids at the entrance to the mother’s uterus,
and maintaining the slippery medium for the movement of the sperms. (Here,
we again see that two different and independent beings are created in
accordance with each other.) The spermatozoa make a difficult journey
within the mother’s body until they reach the ovum. No matter how much
they defend themselves, approximately only a thousand out of the 200-300
million spermatozoa reach the ovum.
THE OVUM
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the sperm is designed according to the ovum, the ovum, on the other hand,
is prepared to be the seed of life in a totally different medium.... While
the woman is unaware, first, an egg matured in the ovaries is left in the
abdominal cavity, and then it is caught in the arms placed at the end of
the appendages called the fallopian tubes of the uterus. Following this,
the egg starts to move on with the help of the movement of the cilia inside
the fallopian tube. This egg is only as big as the half of a salt particle.
The place where the ovum and the sperm meet is the fallopian tube. Here,
the ovum starts to secrete a special fluid. With the help of this secretion,
the spermatozoa find the location of the ovum. We need to be aware: when
we say that the ovum "starts to secrete", we are not talking about a man
or a conscious being. It cannot be explained by coincidence that a microscopic
protein mass "decides" on such an act "by itself" and then "prepares"
and secretes a chemical compound to attract the spermatozoa to itself.
There is evidently design at work.
Briefly, the reproduction system of the body is designed to unite the
ovum and the sperm. This means that woman’s reproduction system is created
in accordance with the needs of the spermatozoa and the spermatozoa are
created in accordance with the needs of the environment within the woman’s
body.
MEETING OF THE SPERM AND THE OVUM
The spermatozoa around the ovum |
When the sperm, which will fertilise the egg, draws closer to the ovum,
the egg again "decides" to secrete a special fluid, prepared particularly
for the sperm, which dissolves the protective shield of the sperm. Consequently,
the solvent enzyme sacks which are found at the end of the sperm and are
especially made for the ovum are laid open. When the sperm reaches the
ovum, these enzymes drill the membrane of the ovum allowing the sperm
to enter. The spermatozoa around the ovum start to compete to break in,
but in general, only one sperm fertilises the ovum.
THE MOMENT OF UNION
One of the spermatozoa enters the ovum
to fertilise it after a long and difficult journey. |
The Qur’anic verses describing this stage are very interesting. In the
Qur’an, it is stated that a human being is made from an extract of base
fluid, that is, the semen.
"...then He produced his seed from an extract of
base fluid" (Surat as-Sajda: 8)
As the verse informs us, it is not the fluid itself carrying the spermatozoa
that fertilises the egg, but only an "extract" of it. A single sperm within
it is the fertilising agent, and moreover, the chromosomes in the sperm
which are "an extract" of it.
When an ovum allows one sperm in, it is not possible for another sperm
to enter it. The reason for this is the electrical field that forms around
the ovum. The area around the egg is (-) negatively charged, and as soon
as the first sperm penetrates the ovum, this charge changes to (+) positive.
Therefore, the ovum, which has the same electrical charge as the external
spermatozoa, starts repelling them.
  
When the sperm that will fertilise the egg draws close to the egg,
the egg suddenly secretes a special fluid that dissolves the protective
shield of the sperm. Consequently, the solvent enzyme sacks at the
tip of the sperm are laid open. As soon as the sperm reaches the egg,
these enzymes pierce the egg membrane, thus letting the sperm enter.
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This means that the electrical charges of the two substances, forming
independently and separately from each other, are also in accordance with
each other.
Finally, the male’s DNA in the sperm and the female’s DNA in the ovum
combine. Now, there is the first seed, the first cell of a new human being
in the mother’s womb: the zygote.
  
The growth that starts with a single cell continues with the
constant multiplication of cells.The zygote seen clinging to the
mother's uterus. (Third picture)
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THE CLOT CLINGING TO THE UTERUS...
When the sperm of the male unites with the ovum of the female as described
above, the essence of the baby to be born is formed. This single cell known
in biology as the "zygote" will instantly start to grow by division and
eventually become a "piece of flesh".
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zygote, however, does not spend its developmental period in a void. It
clings to the uterus just like roots that are firmly fixed to the earth
by their tendrils. Through this bond, the zygote can obtain the substances
essential to its development from the mother’s body.
Such a detail could not be known without a sound knowledge of physiology.
It is obvious that no one possessed such knowledge fourteen centuries
ago. Interestingly enough, Allah always refers to the zygote developing
in the mother’s womb as "a clot of blood" in the Qur’an:
Recite: In the Name of your Lord Who created man
from a blood clot. Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous. (Surat
al-‘Alaq: 1-3)
Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked?
Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm? Then a blood clot, which He created
and shaped, making from it both sexes, male and female? (Surat al-Qiyamah:
36-39)
The Arabic meaning of the word "blood-clot" is "a thing that clings to
some place". The word is used literally to describe leeches that cling
to a body to suck blood. It is obviously the best possible word to describe
the zygote clinging to the wall of the uterus and absorbing its sustenance
from it.
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THREE DARK REGIONS
1. The fallopian tube: this is the region where the egg and
the sperm unite and the where the ovarium connects to the uterus.
2. Inside the uterus wall to which the zygote clings for development.
3. The region where the embryo starts growing in a sack full
of a special liquid.
This is stated in the Qur’an as:
"He creates you stage by stage in your mothers' wombs in a threefold
darkness. That is Allah, your Lord. Sovereignty is His. There is
no god but Him. So what has made you deviate?..."
(Surat az-Zumar: 6)
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The Qur’an has more to disclose about the zygote. Perfectly clinging
to the uterus, the zygote starts to develop. The uterus of the mother,
meanwhile, is filled with a fluid called the "amnion liquid" that surrounds
the zygote. The most important function of the amnion liquid in which
the baby develops is to protect the baby against blows from outside. In
the Qur’an, this fact is revealed as follows:
(Did We not create you from a base fluid? Then
place it in a secure repository? (Surat al-Mursalat: 20-21)
WHILE THE EYES FORM...
  
Being a dark spot at the first stage, the baby’s eye takes its final
form during the passing months.
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All of this information given in the Qur’an about the formation of man
demonstrates that the Qur’an comes from a source that knows about this
formation down to its slightest detail. This situation once more proves
that the Qur’an is the word of Allah.
Meanwhile, the embryo that previously looked like a gel, with time transforms.
In the initial soft structure, hard bones begin to form to provide the
body the ability to stand upright. The cells, which were initially the
same, become specialised: some form light-sensitive eye cells, some nerve
cells sensitive to cold, heat and pain, and some cells sensitive to sound
vibrations. Do the cells by themselves decide on this differentiation?
Do they by themselves first decide to form a human heart or a human eye
and then accomplish this incredible task? On the other hand, are they
created appropriately for these purposes? Wisdom, intellect and
soul will assent to the second alternative.
At the end of these processes, the baby completes its development inside
the mother’s womb, then is born into the world. Now it is 100 million
times bigger and 6 billion times heavier than it was initially....
This is the story of our first step into life, not those of any other
organism. What can be more important for a man than finding the purpose
of such an amazing creation?
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"It is Allah Who made the earth a stable home
for you and the sky a dome, and formed you, giving you the best
of forms" (Surat Ghafir: 64)
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The first days of a human being’s face (left) and its final shape.
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It is illogical to think that all of these complicated functions occur
"of their own volition". No one has the power to create himself, or another
person or any other object? Allah creates all the events hitherto described,
each moment, each second and each stage.
"Allah created you from dust and then from a drop
of sperm and then made you into pairs. No female gets pregnant or gives
birth except with His knowledge. And no living thing lives long or has
its life cut short without that being in a Book. That is easy for Allah."
(Surah Fatir: 11)
Our body, which from only a "drop of sperm", transforms itself into a
human, has millions of delicate balances. Even though we are not aware
of them, there are extremely complex and delicate systems in our body
that help us survive. Allah, the only Owner, Creator and Lord of man built
all these systems, in order for him to understand that "he is created".
Man is a being Allah created. Since he is created, he is not to be "left
uncontrolled (without purpose)".
Or were they created out of nothing, or
are they the creators? Or did they creat the heavens and the earth?
No, in truth they have no certainty.(Surat at-Tur: 35-36)
"O man! What has deluded you in respect
of your Noble Lord? He Who created you and formed you and proportioned
you and assembled you in whatever way He willed." (Surat
al-Infitar: 6-8)
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MOTHER'S MILK...
The feeding of a new human being, which has grown from the transformation
of a sperm to a baby, is a miracle on its own. Human milk is the best nutrition
possible, and it is produced neither by the mother’s help nor by anyone
else’s.
Thanks to the substances in its composition, mother’s milk is both an
excellent food-source for the newborn and a substance that increases the
resistance of the mother as well as the baby to diseases. Doctors agree
that artificial baby food should only be preferred if the milk of the
mother is not adequate, and that babies should be fed with mother’s milk,
especially in the first months. Now, let us look at the features of this
milk:
THE SUCKING REFLEX
Babies are born from their mother’s womb with the reflex
to suck. Their sucking exercises, which start with thumb sucking in
the womb, have a vital importance in the feeding of the baby after
birth, because there is no other way for the baby to get milk, which
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- The most interesting aspect of mother’s milk is that its concentration
changes according to the developmental phases of the baby. The amount
of calories and the food content change according to whether the baby’s
delivery was premature or on time. If the baby is premature, the fat
and protein concentration is higher in the mother’s milk than a baby
would normally need, because the premature baby needs more calories.
- Immune system elements that the baby needs, such as antibodies
or defence cells, are given to the baby ready-made in the mother’s milk.
Just like professional soldiers, they defend the body to which they
do not belong and protect the baby from its enemies.
- It is antibacterial. Although bacteria are produced in normal milk
if it is left at room temperature for six hours, no bacteria are produced
in mother’s milk if left for the same period.
- It protects the baby against arteriosclerosis.
- The baby quickly digests it.
We know that none of the artificial baby food produced in modern laboratories
by expert dieticians is as beneficial as the natural mother's milk. How
can we answer the question, "Who produced this baby milk in a human
body when the mother herself is even unaware of its production, and yet
it is superior to those produced in laboratory conditions"? It is
very clear that mother's milk is brought into being by the Creator of
the baby who is in need of this milk....
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