THE HISTORY OF MAN ACCORDING TO ISLAM

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Islam shares with Judaism and Christianity the story of a world-creating divine act, spaced out over six periods. The Islamic creation account, like the Hebrew one, involves Adam and Eve as the first parents, living in paradise. As in the Hebrew story, God warns Adam and Eve not to eat fruit from a certain tree, but they do anyway, earning expulsion from Paradise.

Creation of Man narrative of Islam is further developed in many verses in the Qur’an. According to the Qur’an, the skies and the earth were joined together as one “unit of creation”, after which they were “cloved asunder”. After the parting of both, they simultaneously came into their present shape after going through a phase when they were smoke-like.

The Qur’an states that God created the world and the cosmos, made all the creatures that walk, swim, crawl, and fly on the face of the earth from water after which He molded clay, earth, sand and water into a model of a man. He breathed life and power into it, and it immediately sprang to life. And this first man was called Adam. God took Adam to live in Paradise. God taught Adam the names of all the creatures, and then commanded all the angels to bow down before Adam.

After the creation of the first man (Adam and Even) they where given the command to reproduce and fill the world. One of the greatest questions that comes to mind is how a single fertilized cell divides into many different cells (Chemical / biological reaction) – some become liver cells, skin cells, brain cells, and bone cells. This is the ultimate way of asking the question, “Where do babies come from?” Human growth factor – a chemical produced by our body – is being studied to see if it is responsible for the development of all those different cells from a single cell. However, this is only one of thirty known chemicals that influence development of new cells.

Chemistry plays a vital role in the creation of man as reviewed from the modern science (chemistry) since human beings (man) are replica of the original Adam moulded by God according to the creation story.   

Do you notice where all of these incredible chemicals come from? They don’t come from laboratories staffed with the best brains in science. They are produced by our bodies. Science should stand in awe at the evident wisdom behind those chemical structures and the way they work which is the very art of creation.

In light of modern scientific knowledge about the origins of the earth and the universe, and the human bodies chemistry (the art of God) plays a vital role as it reveals that some 60 chemical elements are found in the body, but what all of them are doing there is still unknown.

Roughly 96 percent of the mass of the human body is made up of just four elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, with a lot of that in the form of water. The remaining 4 percent is a sparse sampling of the periodic table of elements.

Some of the more prominent representatives are called macro nutrients, whereas those appearing only at the level of parts per million or less are referred to as micronutrients.

These nutrients perform various functions, including the building of bones and cell structures, regulating the body’s pH, carrying charge, and driving chemical reactions.

However, this does not exhaust the list of elements that found in human body.

And there are several other elements – such as silicon, boron, nickel, vanadium and lead – that may play a chemical / biological role but are not classified as essential. “This may be due to the fact that a biochemical function has not been defined by experimental evidence,” said Victoria Drake from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University.

Sometimes all that is known is that lab animals performed poorly when their diets lacked a particular non-essential element. However, identifying the exact benefit an element confers can be difficult as they rarely enter the body in a pure form.

A normal diet consists of thousands of compounds (some containing trace elements) whose effects are the study of ongoing research. For now, we can only say for certain what 20 or so elements are doing. Here is a quick rundown, with the percentage of body weight in parentheses.

Chemistry plays a vital role in the creation of the first man since sciences have proven the makeup of a modern man which is a replica of the first man created on earth. The human body is made of numerous chemical element which performs different or numerous functions. Such chemical element and their functions are as follows;

Oxygen (65%) and hydrogen (10%) are predominantly found in water , which makes up about 60 percent of the body by weight. It’s practically impossible to imagine life without water.

Carbon (18%) is synonymous with life. Its central role is due to the fact that it has four bonding sites that allow for the building of long, complex chains of molecules. Moreover, carbon bonds can be formed and broken with a modest amount of energy, allowing for the dynamic organic chemistry that goes on in our cells.

Nitrogen (3%) is found in many organic molecules, including the amino acids that make up proteins, and the nucleic acids that make up DNA.

Calcium (1.5%) is the most common mineral in the human body — nearly all of it found in bones and teeth. Ironically, calcium’s most important role is in bodily functions, such as muscle contraction and protein regulation. In fact, the body will actually pull calcium from bones (causing problems like osteoporosis) if there’s not enough of the element in a person’s diet.

Phosphorus (1%) is found predominantly in bone but also in the molecule ATP, which provides energy in cells for driving chemical reactions.

Potassium (0.25%) is an important electrolyte (meaning it carries a charge in solution). It helps

regulate the heartbeat and is vital for electrical signaling in nerves.

Sulfur (0.25%) is found in two amino acids that are important for giving proteins their shape.

Sodium (0.15%) is another electrolyte that is vital for electrical signaling in nerves. It also regulates the amount of water in the body.

Chlorine (0.15%) is usually found in the body as a negative ion, called chloride. This electrolyte is

important for maintaining a normal balance of fluids.

Magnesium (0.05%) plays an important role in the structure of the skeleton and muscles. It also is

necessary in more than 300 essential metabolic reactions.

Iron (0.006%) is a key element in the metabolism of almost all living organisms. It is also found in hemoglobin, which is the oxygen carrier in red blood cells. Half of women don’t get enough iron in their diet.

Fluorine (0.0037%) is found in teeth and bones. Outside of preventing tooth decay, it does not appear to have any importance to bodily health.

Zinc (0.0032%) is an essential trace element for all forms of life. Several proteins contain structures called “zinc fingers” help to regulate genes. Zinc deficiency has been known to lead to dwarfism in developing countries.

Copper (0.0001%) is important as an electron donor in various biological reactions. Without enough copper, iron won’t work properly in the body.

In the view of the above explanation it is crystal clear that Chemistry plays a vital role in the creation of man and its part and parcel of human development and history.

REFERENCES

1. The Holy Quran