The miracle of fingerprint

Some scientist have found that an Egyptian mummy that has been embalmed ages ago, still have its fingerprints very clear and unchanged.

What fingerprint is? And what the purpose of the creation of fingerprint?

As the Moslem, we have guided by Alloh SWT through His words which write down as book called Qur’an or Furqan. For two question above, we can clearly found what Alloh SWT  says where is mentioned about fingerprint and the purpose of it, let see…

“I do call to witness the Resurrection Day; And I do call to witness the self reproaching spirit (eschew Evil)”

“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”

“But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him”

(Q.S. Al Qiyamah, verse 1,2,3,4)

In mentioned of this verses, it was sent down since the disbelievers denies the ability of Alloh SWT to give life back to the dead and to assemble their bones. So Alloh SWT replied through His word which put on His messenger Muhammad SAW, that He is able to recreate the very small finger tips and organize and structure them, so He is surely able to recreate much bigger things.

Now, we are where live in present live, we can see the useful of fingerprints, every human being, including identical twins, has a particular fingerprint. Therefore individuals can be identified according to their fingerprints, and now we have DNA system used nowadays.

Is fingerprint can be removed or changed? According to one of the article at www.suite101.com it says:

This fingerprint is unique, cannot be changed, can be use for identification.

And also known that the Chinese using fingerprint to sign documents at about 1000 BCE.

So what makes them individual unique? It’s the number, location and shape of the specific ridges.

So it cannot be changed, absolutely, except if our flesh on our hands are completely removed, then our body have no ability to redevelop of skin. But it’s not the form of transformation or change. If we wish to change the shape, location and number of the specific ridges, then we are just do the useless thing.

A year later In 1893 the Scottish consul, Edward Henry has set up an easy system to collect and organize the fingerprints of people. He suggested that a finger print could be classified as one of eight types and he considered that the ten fingerprints of the hand are the whole unit to identify a person. In the same year the fingerprints were introduced in Scotland police offices as a direct and a very strong proof.

Since discovering the fingerprints scientists have carried many studies and experiments in different races of people and no resemblances have been found

The fingerprints are essential for detecting a person in spite his refusal to admit the truth. And even if a the appearance of a person changes due to age, an illness, a surgery or an accident , it is possible to identify him by referring to the fingerprints.

That's why Allah has said in a verse of the Quran:

“On the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their feet will bear witness against them as to their actions” Q.S. An Nur verse 24)

And maybe the hands and legs of the sinners will witness on the day of judgment, due to the fingerprints left on the places where the sins were committed.

When the disbelievers in Mecca have denied the existence of the day of judgment, and refused to accept the power of Allah and his ability to send them back after there death and to gather there bones, Allah has answered that he is not just able to reform there bones but also to recreate there fingerprints, this small part of the human body which identifies its carrier and allow us to differentiate between individuals under any circumstances. All this was proven by scientific experiments in the end of the 19^th century.

Alloh SWT says “Soon we will show them Our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?” (Q.S. Fussilat verse 53)

Subhanalloh….wallohualam bishowab….