FINGERPRINTS

               FINGERPRINTS

“Does man think that We

cannot assemble his bones?

Nay, We are able to put

together in perfect order

the very tips of his fingers.”

                                      [Al-Qur’an 75:3-4]

Unbelievers argue regarding resurrection taking

place after bones of dead people have disintegrated

in the earth and how each individual would be

identified on the Day of Judgement. Almighty Allah

answers that He can not only assemble our bones

but can also reconstruct perfectly our very

fingertips.

Why does the Qur’an, while speaking about

determination of the identity of the individual,

speak specifically about fingertips? In 1880,

fingerprinting became the scientific method of

identification, after research done by Sir Francis

Golt. No two persons in the world can ever have

exactly the same fingerprint pattern, not even

identical twins. That is the reason why police forces

worldwide use fingerprints to identify criminals.

Fourteen hundred years ago, who could have known

the uniqueness of each human’s fingerprint? Surely it

could have been none other than the Creator Himself!