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· How do the parts of plants, the leaves or branches of which are ruptured or eaten by animals grow again?
· How does the plant produce buds and grow after a branch is broken off and put under the ground?
· How do the plant’s ruptured organs manage to grow more rapidly and efficiently?
Plants, which have a very important role in the maintenance of the ecological balance and life in the world, have many superior qualities. One of these qualities is that they can mend and renew their ruptured organs.
Cells begin to multiply rapidly again after a certain loss of tissue occurs in the plant, and they fill in the area where the ruptured organ was. This incident and the increase in the number of cells are realized through mitotic division.
The Speedy Repair Mechanism Right After Injury
After plants are injured, the chromosomes in the cells multiply and in this way they can produce more of the protein required for growth and multiplication. Normally, chromosomes in the cell nucleus are doubled every time the human cell is divided. However, chromosomes are copied again in the parts where the plant is ruptured, but since there is no growth, the cell has double the normal amount of chromosomes. And as this process continues, chromosome copies invariably increase. In this way, the ruptured parts of the plant are mended.
An experiment, which scientists did on peppergrass, clearly shows this perfect characteristic our Lord bestowed to plants. When the bud of the peppergrass (Arabidopsis thaliana) is picked up, it has only ten chromosomes per cell and after a couple of copies, the number of chromosomes rises up to 320. In this way, in certain types of cells, the number of chromosomes increases and the plant grows in a faster and better way. Such endroreplications (increase in the number of chromosomes) are common in the placenta of nematodes, grass seed and rodents. The fact that the cells in a plant know that the number of chromosomes needs to increase for the repair of the injured part cannot happen via possibility calculations or through the help of coincidences. The one who carries is not the plant or the minerals in the soil or other outside elements. This is because all of these are a part of the system that forms the plant. Just as there is an engineer who gives the same production data to all of the robots in a factory, and it is not possible that computers could gather this data on their own, in the same way it is impossible that every part of the system in plants could get such data on their own.
Allah is the One Who places the necessary information in plant cells, as in all living things in the world, Who creates all things perfectly and Who knows every creation. Allah reveals this truth in many of His verses:
“ He who created the seven heavens in layers.You will not find any flaw in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again – do you see any gaps? Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you dazzled and exhausted! ” (Surat al-Mulk, 3-4)
Plants Repairing Their Injuries is a Manifestation of Almighty Allah’s Compassion and Mercy Over These Beings
In serious injuries like traffic accidents or workplace accidents, people’s organs may be ruptured . There are some conditions for people’s ruptured organs to be made functional again. It is required that the ruptured organ is still intact, that it is not harmed too much, and that the vascular systems are in good shape. In addition, the ruptured organs need to be kept in a cold and dry environment, at a steady temperature of +4 degrees and they need to be taken to the hospital immediately. A certain field of specialty is required to repair the ruptured organs . Ruptured organs can be sewn, meaning transplantation surgery can be carried out by surgeons who are trained for microsurgery or transplantation. This is because microsurgery stitching techniques are quiet different than normal ones. Surgeons generally learn microsurgery methods during their specialty training, by attending microsurgery lectures and making vascular or nerve studies. During surgery, appropriate surgery tools, microscopes (or loop goggles) and operating room conditions are needed. In some cases, more than one micro surgeon is needed. As it is seen, stitching a ruptured organ back together requires great care and experience. If there is any complication before or after the surgery, it is impossible that the organ could carry out its functions. Most important of all, if this organ cannot be stitched back together or successfully transplanted, the human body cannot produce a new one to replace the ruptured organ. This situation, which is created by Almighty Allah specially to show human beings their weakness, is very different in plants. This is because plants are able to renew their ruptured parts like a broken branch in a very fast way.
However, there is no intelligence, willpower or consciousness in any plant, or in any part of the plant, as a result of its own being. Allah, the All-Knowing and the Almighty, is the One Who controls plants and all of their systems, and Who plans everything to the finest detail. Our Lord makes these systems active through His command and creation. Every event, living and non-living, happens with Allah’s creation moment by moment. Allah reveals this secret in one of His verses as such:
“ It is Allah who created the seven heavens and of the earth the same number, the Command descending down through all of them,so that you might know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses all things in His knowledge. ” (Surat at-Talaq, 12)

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