IDENTITY ON FINGER TIPS

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IDENTITY ON FINGER TIPS

3- Does the human being think that We cannot assemble his bones? 
4- Surely, We are able to reconstruct even his fingertips. 
75-The Resurrection, 3-4 

Fingerprints did not mean much to the people at the Prophet?s time. An 
Englishman by the name of Genn Ginsen, in 1856, found out that the pattern of 
lines at the tip of a person?s finger was something unique to the individual. 
Until 1856, men knew nothing about this characteristic of fingertips. The 
discovery of the fact that the pattern of lines on fingertips was a sort of 
identity card is often used by the police to help find criminals. The pattern 
lines of the fingertips differ even in identical twins. This identity card 
cannot be forged; it affixes a unique signature to whatever it touches. One 
cannot imitate or deny it. We carry it about us till the end of our days. 
Epidermal burns or injuries or aging distort our bodies in one way or another, 
yet cannot change this fact. 

These patterns of lines are traced within the womb when the fetus completes its 
three months? period. Research is currently being carried out to see whether 
these lines may be used to detect genetic defects in our body. To the best of 
our knowledge so far, nothing positive has been discovered on this issue. It is, 
however, likely that something new may emerge any day. 

At the time of the descent of the Quran, fingertips had nothing special about 
them. God, who will cause man to come back to life on the Day of Judgment, 
stresses the importance of fingertips. 

DATA CONCEALED ON FINGERTIPS
One of the basic indications of this verse may refer to the patterns of lines on 
man?s fingertips. There may be other indications, according to which all the 
characteristics of our body are encoded on our fingertips. It could be implied 
that during our re-creation all the particularities and features of our body 
will be restored, so it may be that what lies on our fingertips, apparently of 
little significance, will be sufficient for this process. The reason why 
fingertips are given as example is the general acceptance that they are simple 
things of not much worth. Nevertheless, even the seemingly insignificant tip of 
a finger is a data bank, thanks to which the entire body may be re-fashioned. 
DNA is one of the most important discoveries in human history. The discovery of 
DNA put an end to the idea that the human cell had a simple structure with its 
contents. As the cell came to be analyzed more and more, the complexity of its 
makeup was better understood. Even one piece of DNA includes a cipher formed of 
a series of more than three billion codes. From the color of our hair to our 
little finger, everything is contained in this code. A printout of data related 
to DNA would form the contents of about 1000 volumes of one million pages. What 
is more, DNA has the capacity to duplicate all these data within 20 to 80 
minutes. In the lore contained in the 1000 volumes of one single DNA, one can 
find all the characteristics of the body. The DNA of a simple cell on the 
fingertip will give one all the necessary information. Our Creator can easily 
have recourse to this lore to re-create man. It would be as easy for Him to do 
so as if He were creating him for the first time. 

78- And he makes comparisons for Us and forgets his own creation. He says ?Who 
can resurrect the bones after they are rotten?? 
79- Say ?He who created them the first time. He has knowledge of every creation.? 
36-Ya-Seen, 78-79

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