MAN CREATED FROM DUST AND WATER

All these constituents are obtainable at reasonable prices. The cost of all these elements is
not any higher than a hundred dollars according to the New York Stock Exchange. Yes, a
hundred dollars exactly is the basic price of man. God created man out of a combination of
elements that costs almost nothing. The mystery does not lie in the material out of which
man is made, but in the Creator...

2- Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.

1-The Prologue, 2

QUINTESSENCE OF CLAY
As it is explained in the sura The Believers, Verse 12, man was created from a quintessence.
God combined the elements contained in clay as a result of fine calculations. These elements
are harmoniously and proportionately distributed in the body at birth; the body is
programmed to make use of them in due proportion and to dispose of any surplus. The
human body contains about 2kg calcium. If there is a decrease in this amount, the very act
of biting into an apple may cause our teeth to break. Our body needs 120gr of potassium. A
decrease of it may cause muscle cramps, fatigue, intestinal troubles, and palpitations. We
need only about 2gr to 3gr of zinc. Any lowering in these values may cause loss of memory,
impotence, decrease of the capability to act and weakening of the senses of smell and taste.
Insufficiency of selenium may bring about the weakening of muscles, hardening of arteries
and heart muscles...

All these data show that God, while making use of clay as raw material for man, combined its
constituents in ideal proportions. The Quran is exact in its statements. Creating a living being
such as man from such ordinary matter is one of the manifestations of the omniscience of
God. Careful combination in due proportion of all the constituents of the human body
demonstrates God’s matchless design. The creation of man, a masterpiece, out of a matter
of simple aspect like clay, shows again the greatness of God.

WATER BECOMES ALIVE

30- ...and from water We made all living things. Will they
not believe even then?
21-The Prophets, 30

45- God created every moving creature from water...

24-The Light, 45

In the 54th verse of the sura The Distinguisher, it is said that human beings are created from
water, and in the suras The Prophets and The Light it is said that all living beings are created
from water. Water is the basic biological element of living matter. Cells are made of water in
proportions varying between 60% to 80%. A cell whose basic element is water is a living
thing. Without water there is no life. Water is composed of two hydrogen and one oxygen
atoms. Water, whose chemical constituents have been arranged perfectly, is made of atoms
devoid of organic life and 99% vacuum. How is it that living beings and animals are created
from something of which 99% is void? How is it that an entity made of an inorganic and
inanimate matter comes to life?
24- He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Designer; to Him belong the most beautiful
names. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
59-Exodus, 24

2- Verily, We created the human from a drop of a liquid mixture in order to try him. Thus We
made him a hearer and a seer.
76-The Human, 2

Analyses in detail of organs and substances in the human body could be made with the
invention and development of the microscope. These analyses showed that semen is
composed of spermatozoa in their nutrient plasma, secretions from the prostate, seminal
vesicles and various other glands. Citric acid, prostaglandin, flavins, ascorbic acid, fructose,
phosphorylcoline, cholesterol, phospholipids, fibrinolysin, zinc, acid phosphatase, and sperm
are among the various constituents of the semen.
Our body is one of the best, the most beautiful and the most complicated of works. Thanks
to it, we are able to see and hear, to perpetuate our lineage; thanks to the skills of this body
we can design and build machines, computers, bridges and airplanes and do paintings, carve
statues and compose music. Our body is the product of one of the initial stages of creation,
that entailed the creation of all the constituents of the semen. This was to be followed by the
physiochemical processes involved in the union of the male and female gametes to form the
zygote, the fertilized ovum before cleavage. The explanation of only the sperm cord or the
prostate gland would take hundreds of pages. Our Creator refers in His book to a “liquid
mixture.” Our analysis of this mixture and its constituents contributes to our increasing
wonder at the presence of the miraculous creation of our body.