Islam As It Is
man, know theyself!
~ 22 ~
What we fail to appreciate is that the word ‘man’
refers not to any such bodily form, but rather to the
soul, which inhabits the body. As far as the physical
frame is concerned, we know that it is made up of
tiny units called living cells. The position of the cells
in our bodies is like that of the bricks in a building.
The bricks (or cells) of our bodies are continuously
being destroyed in the course of our daily lives and
we compensate for this loss by taking in food. This
food, once digested, produces a variety of different
types of cells, which make up for any physical
deficiency. The human body is thus undergoing a
constant process of erosion and change. Old cells
are destroyed and new ones take their place. This
process continues daily, until finally, a total renewal
of the body is complete, usually within a ten-year
period. To put it in another way, nothing
whatsoever now remains of the body you possessed
ten years ago. Your present physique is an entirely
new one. If all the parts of your body, which were
discarded over the last ten years, were to be
gathered together again, another human being
exactly resembling yourself could be put together. If
you are a hundred years old, then ten “you’s “
could be formed. But even if they looked exactly
