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IIt
is God Who Causeth the Seed – Grain
and Date
-Stone to Split and SproutI
By
Prof.Dr.Nazmi Khalil Abo-el-atta Mousa
Ph.D. Botany , Ain Shams Univeristy , Egypt
In
the following lines we will live with the 95th
verse from
Al-Anam Surah.
We will explain the verse using modern concepts in botany,
to see the greatness of God. His miracles that enchanted
scientists.
God says:
(95)
I
It is God
Who causeth the
seed-grain
and the date-stone
To split and
sprout He causeth
The living to
issue from the
Dead, and He is the
One to cause the
Dead to issue
from the living that
Is
God:
then how are ye deluded
Away from the
truth?
I
The following
is the meaning of the underlined words:
to spilt:
to break apart from the plant; or to create it. This means
that God the Creator is the One who causes the grain and
seed to crack inside earth and consequently all types of
plants, fruits and grains with all colors and shapes will
grow.
dead to issue from
the living:
to bring out the living plant from the grain and
seed/stone; to bring the tender soft plant out of the dry
seed or grain.
that is God:
the doer of all this is God the one and only creator.
delude away:
means how will you worship anything other than God.
Explanation:
This
verse shows God's unparalleled creative ability. It consists
of a number of scientific facts and spiritual glimpses found
in the Holy Quran that is not preceded by any other
scientific book.
First
of all, the verse differentiated between the grain and
seed/stone. Scientifically, the seed or the grain is
considered a complete fruit like all kinds of grains, corn,
wheat, barley. While the stone/seed is a part of the fruit
like the date seed, nabk, peach, grapes and kidney beans.
This
differentiation from the seed and grain is known in the Holy
Quran before the modern differentiation between the seed and
the grain.
Secondly, the verse drew a link between the process of the
splitting of the grain and seed and the process of bringing
out the dead from the living and the living from the dead.
Carbohydrates, fats, proteins minerals, salts and water are
stored in the seed and grain in a form of dead nutritious
substances. When these substances move through the Plasma
membrane of the grain and cells. The seed and grain changes
to become a living cytoplasm and the cell of the rootlet and
dycoteledon become alive. Who does all this but God?
The Miracle of the
Splitting of the Seed and Grain
It is
scientifically known that there are tiny living substances
in the calm static form. All the biological activities from
breathing and nourishment is in its lowest activity to keep
the grain alive for the longest time possible under the
outer and inner environmental conditions.
The
embryo is composed of the same parts of the whole full grown
plant: a rootlet, a leaflet and stem. To let the embryo
grow, it must be alive because dead embryo does not grow
even if all researches and labs tried to give life to it.
Who
gave this embryo life? Is it nature according to the
Darwinian theory? Or, Is it the blind accident and faulty
mutation? It is God the Everlasting and the Eternal who is
capable of bringing the living from the dead.
Now we
will concentrate on the changes that will happen to make the
seed and grain split to bring out the living from the dead.
After
the fulfillment of all necessary conditions for planting,
many changes will happen in the seed and grain: physical,
chemical and biological, these will be summarized in the
following:
First: Physical
Changes
These
happen in the seed and grain when it is watered either if
the grain and seed is dead of or alive. For the seed or
grain will absorb water and then it will swell and tear
because of the pressure that happens within it.
Second: Chemical
Changes
These
happen only in living seeds and grains, when the enzymic
substances become active and the nutritious substances
change to larger complicated and complex cells. It changes
to simple compounds and lesser size to make it easier for
the embryo to absorb water and to penetrate through the
case. Here the chemical bonds will untie and the seeds will
grow in size.
Third: Biological Changes
This happens when the cells of embryo become active and
divide, their happens an increase in number, weight and size
by utilizing the stored nutritious substances and water.
These dead substances become living substances inside the
cells of the seed and grain. And here happens the bringing
of the living from the dead. The leaflet (Radical) appears
outside the seed or the grain and appears on the Soil and
water. The leaflet (Plumule) also appears outside to the top
of the seed and grain and gives the stem that carries leafs,
blooms (Flowers) fruits, thorns, brambles (Tendrils) and
remaining plant parts.
When we
look at the stone/seed we find that it changes with the
power of God into a soft, sweet assimilating substance. God
splits the hard stony cases, the soft rootlet curves to
protect the growing top from rubbing with sand and destroy.
The rootlet penetrates through the hardest of sands and mud
and accordingly thousands of cells die from this friction.
God says:
I
and causeth the dead to issue from the livingI
Meanwhile the
stored nutritious substances in the seed and the grain comes
to life and it utilizes the carbon dioxide and sun light
that are necessary for its life and the life of all living
creatures on earth.
What
would happen if God took the living features from the seed
and the grain? Who can split it and from it grows the
rootlet and the leaflet?
What if
God took the feature of becoming green (chlorophyll cells)
from the plant who will make it continue living and growing
to give fruit and grain?
Who
brings out the green leafs from the dry and pale stems? Who
brings out the sweet and delicious fruits and vegetables
from the dry land and salty water?
Who
put in the small grain and seed all the features of a full
grown plant?
Who
calculated the amount of nutrition and stores it in its
tissue until it is time to be utilized?
Was
prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) a scientist in the
field of botany, physics, chemistry and biology to link
between the splitting of the seed and grain and the bringing
of the dead from the living and the living from the dead?
This
miracle came in response to the unbelievers and in the
arguments in the wonders of God's creation. Have you ever
seen a miracle, arrangement and wisdom in creation like
this?
By
Prof.Dr.Nazmi Khalil
Abo-el-atta Mousa
Ph.D. Botany , Ain Shams
Univeristy , Egypt
Translated by: Badeeah Khalid Hassanain
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