Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 82
Different Kinds of Balance within Man’s Body 81 Here it would be logical to interpret the word Fuj u r, used in verse 9 of S u rah al-Shams, as changes threatening the healthy progress of life, while Taqw a in the same verse refers to the potential ability to avoid the dangers which may lead to illness and death. So in terms of human physique, this verse of S u rah al- Shams indicates that the human physiology, anatomy, nervous system, portal system, intravenous system, glandular system and the immune system are all well equipped with the knowledge of what is good and bad for them. A minute study of just one of the systems alluded to would virtually require volumes to be written, yet by no means would the subject be exhausted. To say that this is magical and wonderful would be naive. To compare the intricacies and the tiers upon tiers of mysteries with which human life is endowed, is like placing Alice in Wonderland. In comparison to the wonders of human creation, all fiction relating to mystery and wonder is paled into insignificance. We are amazed to notice how perfectly the human bodily functions verify the relevant Quranic statements. Man’s propensity to catch diseases and fall ill and at the same time, his potential ability to cure himself of almost all diseases that he suffers from, is phenomenal. Even cancers can be cured without intervention of physicians or oncologists. In fact there are some terminal cases of cancer which are duly recorded in medical history where the patient