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Chapter 2

The Composition of Man's Body

1. Have you reflected? How the nostrils, the mouth's cavity, the intestines and lungs with all their tortuous and winding shapes are drilled; how the marrow cavities inside the bones are drilled? Who should receive merit for these but the powerful imperceptible Hand of the Glorious One, Whose favors are indiscriminately abundant, Whose Name is honorable, and Whose station is high.

2. Have you reflected? There is something more astonishing in the drilling of the body's tiny arteries and veins. They are drilled with perfect order and precision. They are designed in such a way that blood arrives in blood vessels called capillaries at one end and feeds the veins underneath the muscles at the other, so that circulation is facilitated.

3. Have you reflected? The truth in this secret is clearly observed today in the light of medical treatments and surgical operations. Children have never been operated on at birth for obstruction of blood arteries caused by imperfect order of blood circulation. This conveys that the affairs corresponding to the word "Be" kun of the Almighty Eternal Being contain so much Perfection Kamaal and Glory Jalaal that even an atom of shortage can not be seen. How Self-Subsisting (Qayyum), Omnipotent (Qaadir), and Knowledgeable is the Powerful God.

4. Have you reflected? The body's circulating vessels are given such a quality by His Almighty Unique Being (Ahad) that in case an organ is defective or has caught a disease, it will have to be cut off. Were it left solely to human knowledge, the order of blood circulation in veins and arteries would be thereby ruined. However, what happens and through what ways? The Almighty Unique Being does not leave the blood circulation defective in the body's order. Hence, tiny vessels are enlarged and blood circulation is properly reestablished. The arteries are rejoined nicely and automatically to the ends of veins. Praise be to God, the Great ('Azeem), we glorify You O' Generous (Kareem) Cherisher!

5. Have you reflected? In spite of the adhesive property of the body's flesh, the lips and tongue in the mouth, the eye-lids, fingers and toes, and likewise the hands and feet with the body, do not adhere to one another during the gestation in the mother's womb. It is evident that the growth and development process is carried out permanently up to the completion point, strictly under the supervision of His Unique Almighty Being under the command of "Be" kun. God is sacred, having all Greatness and Power. He is One and Unique, the Wise (Hakeem) having wisdom Who is incomparable, may He be Glorified.

6. Have you reflected? The body's and head's hair of Man, even of hairiest of animals such as sheep, goat, cow, pig, and hundreds of others has never been observed that at least two hairs were welded to each other in the mother's womb. Even though they seem to be mixed, they are not born attached to one another.

7. Have you reflected? A more precise point would be that filaments of cotton, linen and so forth are skillfully twisted inside their balls. If you attentively observe them they show that within a world of perplexity dwells the perfection of His Almighty Unique Being's (Waahid ul-Ahad) Power. In this as well, not even two thin fibers stick to each other; each is separate, and remains so. Glory to God, Praise be to God, Thanks be to God.

8. Have you reflected? The body hairs of Man or animals and the rest without anything separating them are not welded with one another; they grow separately. How Wise (Hakeem) is Glorious God, and Powerfully Generous (Kareem) is Exalted He!

9. Have you reflected? Some of the brain's cells circulate, via the spinal cord, throughout the nerves. They complete a circuit back to the brain within six months in such a way that the cells that have reached the body's limits will turn back and head towards the brain. There are different cases depending on the annual frequency of this circulation. Memory deficiency can often be attributed to excessive circulation if not affected by any other diseases. Therefore, whatever has been stored in particular brain cells goes rapidly towards the marrow and organs, there to be forgotten. This circulation takes place inside the neurons.

10. Have you reflected and ever pondered? Often the palm is whiter and nicer than the back of the hand. In any case, there is an inherent separation between the palm and the back of the hand.

Since most food and drink reaches one's mouth via the hand, fingers, and palm, one observes them with full control. Therefore, in order for the person not to become displeased, the palm is created nicer and whiter than the back of the hand. "So blessed be God, the best of the creators."

11. Have you reflected? Why are the seeds of most fruits, those located inside watermelon, loquat and the like, created in a very smooth shape with no edge, no sharply pointed ends? For human beings, hasty creatures that they are, would have swallowed them whole. They would irritate the stomach or intestines, and block them, and so cause the so-called disease of appendicitis. How Great ('Azeem) and Knowledgeable is He about the minor and major conditions and states of human beings and His all other creatures as well, the Almighty Generous (Kareem).