Living
Systems
[Al-Quran, Surah al-Mulk 67:2]
The One Who
created death and life that He may test you, which of you (is) best
(in) deed. And He (is) the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving.
The living world comprises of a combination of Water and
Earth. Water flowing through the entire body, plant or animal, is essential for
the proper functioning of the living systems.
Made from Water
[Al-Quran, Hud 11:7] And He (is) the One Who created the
heavens and the earth in six days, and His throne has been upon the water that He
might test [you] which of you (is) best (in) deed. But if you say,
"Indeed, you (will be) resurrected after [the] death," surely would
say those who disbelieved, "This is not but a magic clear."
[Al-Quran, al-Anbiya 21:30] Do not see those who disbelieved
that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, then We parted them and We made from [the]
water every living thing? Then will not they believe?
In Q21:30 the word جَعَلْنَا is used. This implies that water is not the material used for creation (خَلَق), but rather it is being used to make living systems. The Bible mentions Living Water in Jeremiah 2:13 and 17:13, Zechariah 14:8 and John 4:10.
Many plants
and animals consist predominantly of water. For instance, some jellyfishes are
>99% water by weight (Jankowski, 2000). Together, their "solids" -
including bioorganic molecules, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, etc. -
constitute no more than a fraction of a percent of their living mass.
Created from Earth
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَا أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ
[Al-Quran, ar-Rum 30:20] And among His Signs
(is) that He created you from dust then behold! You (are)
human beings dispersing.
Ratio of Water
& Earth in the Human Body
Like all other living creatures, the amount of Earth that we
are made of is a fraction of the amount of water that binds it together and
enables us to live.
By percent of mass,
human adults are 50%-70% water.
The molecular ratio of
earth to water in humans is for 1 molecule of
the Earth there are almost 99 molecules of
Water!
Molecule
|
Percent of Mass
|
Mol.Weight (daltons)
|
Molecules
|
Percent of Molecules
|
65
|
18
|
1.74×1014
|
98.73
|
|
Other Inorganics
|
1.5
|
N/A
|
1.31×1012
|
0.74
|
12
|
N/A
|
8.4×1011
|
0.475
|
|
Other Organics
|
0.4
|
N/A
|
7.7×1010
|
0.044
|
20
|
N/A
|
1.9×1010
|
0.011
|
|
1.0
|
N/A
|
5×107
|
3×10−5
|
|
0.1
|
1×1011
|
46*
|
3×10−11
|
In fact, the DNA molecule itself is surrounded with water
and would not be able to function in the absence of water.
Scientists are just beginning to discover the amazing
states, properties and functions of water.
Without
water, life, as we know it, cannot exist!
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَاءٍ مَّعِينٍ
[Al-Quran, Surah al-Mulk
67:30] Say, "Have you seen, if becomes your
water sunken, then who could bring you water welling-up?"
Attributions
Percent Mass & Atomic Percent Chart
Human Body Composition
Earth’s Water Distribution Chart
By USGS - http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/waterdistribution.html
- traced and redrawn from File: Earth's water distribution.gif, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10396859
Converted to jpeg from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Earth%27s_water_distribution.svg/1200px-Earth%27s_water_distribution.svg.png
References
Posts on or related to Water
in this Blog
signsandscience.blogspot.com/2017/12/humans-extinct-extant.html
signsandscience.blogspot.com/2014/06/dhu-al-qarnayn-polar-regions-of-earth.html
signsandscience.blogspot.com/2014/06/dhu-al-qarnayn-polar-regions-of-earth.html
Last updated on: June 28, 2021
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