While it is stated in the Quran that
Yes, We are able to put together in perfect order the
very tips of his fingers . A l – Quran
The emphasis on fingerprints has a very special
meaning. This is because shapes and details on everyone's fingerprint are
unique to each individual. Every person who is alive or who has ever lived in
this world has a set of unique fingerprints. Furthermore, even identical twins
having the very same DNA sequence have their own set of fingerprints. Fingerprints
attain their final shape before birth and remain the same for a lifetime unless
a permanent scar appears. That is why fingerprints are accepted as a very
important proof of identity, exclusive to their owner. The science of
fingerprints has been used as a non-erring identity determination method. r
Everyone, including identical twins, has a unique
fingerprint. In other words, people's identities are coded at their fingertips.
This coding system may also be compared to the barcode system that is used
today.
However, what is important is that this
feature of fingerprints was only discovered in the late 19th century. Before
then, people regarded fingerprints as ordinary curves without any specific
importance or meaning. However in the Qur'an, Allah points to the fingertips,
which did not attract anyone's attention at that time, and calls our attention
to their importance. This importance has only been fully understood in our day.
The validity of the
technique to establish identity by means of fingerprints (AFS Applicant Fingerprint
System) has been confirmed by various police organizations over the last 25
years and is a legally approved method. No technology of identity verification
in our time gives such effective results as fingerprints. Using fingerprints to
establish identity has been used in legal processes for the last 100 years and
possesses international acceptance. [ 2 ]
SCIENTIFIC FACTS :
- Finger
prints are formed in the embryo at the fourth month, and remain fixed and
distinct all along man’s life.
- Finger
prints are a record of curvatures that arise due to the fusion between the
epidermis with the dermis.
- These
curvatures differ from one person to another, and they never match or
correspond among all humans.
- Finger
prints have become the best method to identify persons. In 1858, the English Scientist, William
Herschel, pointed out that finger prints differ with the difference of their
holders, thus rendering them as distinctive feature evidence for each person.
- Finger
prints are considered as distinctive feature evidence for each person
Physicians
conducted wide anatomical studies on a large number of people of different
nationalities and ages, and they were confronted with the scientific fact to
which they bowed their heads, and in submission they testified that no one is
ever able to make similar all finger prints scattering all over the universe
not even among two persons.
Here
it is noticed that the verse speaks also of the recreation of all finger tips,
and not only one. The word fingertips
refer to all hand fingers. So shaping them again after being scattered all over
the universe on Resurrection Day is a sign of Allah’s almighty power. This is but one side of Allah’s ability to
resurrect people on Doomsday with their identifiable parts after annihilation.
Therefore,
it is not surprising that fingertips are one of Allah’s signs that contain the
secret of His creation, and certify to the entity of the person without any
confusion, thus becoming the most genuine testimony in this world and the
Hereafter. The finger print is also a
demonstration of Allah’s greatness of shaping such lines on a very small space
no more than few square centimeters.
[ 1 ] A l – Quran
[ 2 ] Scientific Miracle in the Quran by Harun Yahya [ Page Number 182 & 183 ]
