The distance between inert matter and the living cell is...

The distance between inert matter and the living cell is second only to the distance between nothingness and existence. Again, human intellect is not able to traverse this distance except by ascribing the origination of life to the will of the Creator, Who initiates what He desires and originates new creations. Yes, it is the will of Allah, "Who gives to everything its form and thereafter guides it" (Ta ha 20:50). Human intellect, indeed the whole of human nature, finds…