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FORMATION OF MILK

66- And surely in the livestock there is a lesson for you, We give you to drink
of that which is in their bellies from the midst of digested food and blood,
pure milk palatable for the drinkers.
16-The Honeybee, 66

We often see goats, sheep and cows eat grass, and yet it rarely occurs to any of
us to establish a link between this process and the milk and the dairy products
we consume. God lets them feed on this grass, its ultimate transformation to be
milk, one of the basic nutriments. William Harvey discovered the circulation of
blood almost a millennium after the Prophet?s decease. At the time of the
Prophet, the fact that the blood carried the nutriments absorbed from digested
food into its constituents to mammary glands for production of milk was not
known. The new material transformed from pasture into assimilated food and blood
becomes a nutritious food.

The Quran not only draws attention to truths unknown at the time, but also
displays facts to derive lessons from. The blood collects and transports the
substances formed by digested food to organs; among others, to mammary glands.
This process is initiated by blood coming into contact with the contents of
intestines, on their walls. Before continuing its journey, carried by blood,
part of the digested food is absorbed by the intestines. This information is the
result of modern research in biology, chemistry and in the physiology of
digestion.

THE RICHEST OF PRODUCTS EASY TO OBTAIN
Milk is the first food of the newborn mammal. It is a fluid secreted by the
mammary glands of mammalians as food for their young in the period immediately
after birth. From the young of whales to human infants, all mammals feed on
their mother?s milk. The young animals and the babies obtain their supply of
excellent nourishment without any toil. Milk is the best product for infants. No
other nourishment can replace what is provided by it. We can identify thousands
of nutritious food items in the world. Had the universe been the outcome of
happy coincidences and had there been no ingeniously designed creation, there
would have been no particular reason for the mother?s milk to be the best and
most carefully selected nutriment. This perfect order designed for every mammal,
including man, is a proof of the Creator?s inimitable forethought. Materials
digested to become blood turn into milk in the mother?s breast and are offered
to the newborn by its Creator. Whether ratiocinated or mathematically calculated,
it is impossible to assert that this is the outcome of fortuitous events which
have nothing to do with a designed purpose. The infant practices sucking its
finger in the womb to be prepared for drinking milk as soon as it is delivered.
The fact that mother?s milk comes exactly in the amount of the baby?s need
without spurting is also carefully planned.

The milk we first taste from our mother?s breast will continue throughout our
lives to be consumed by us to meet the requirements of a healthy constitution.
Milk is a whitish liquid consisting of small globules of fat suspended in a
watery solution containing proteins, lactose sugar and minerals like calcium,
casein and phosphorous, plus vitamins. Cheese, butter and yogurt are all made
with milk, the basic nutriment of man. The benefits that our body derives from
its contents, like minerals and vitamins are more than the present book can
contain. When we consume it, we should remember always its Creator.

18- Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
55-Gracious, 18

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