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Human Body & Medicine in the Quran
Fingertips, pain receptors in the skin, the forelock, and how milk is produced.
Fingertips & Fingerprints
Quran 75:3–4 says Allah is able "to proportion his fingertips" (banān). The uniqueness of fingerprints, discovered as a means of identification in the late 1800s.
Pain Receptors in the Skin
Quran 4:56 says skins "roasted through" are replaced "so they may taste the punishment." Pain receptors in skin, and why deep burns can lose sensation.
The "Lying, Sinning Forelock"
Quran 96:15–16 speaks of "a lying, sinning forelock" (nāṣiya). The role of the prefrontal cortex in decisions and deception, and the Arabic idiom of the forelock.
How Milk Is Produced
Quran 16:66 says livestock give "pure milk" from "between excretion and blood." How lactation turns digested nutrients carried by blood into milk.
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