While it is stated in the Quran that it is easy for Allah to
bring man back to life after death, peoples' fingerprints
are particularly emphasized:
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Al-Quran,
Chapter 75 Al-Qiyamet, Verse 4 |
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the Name of Allah, The Benevolent, The Merciful |
Yes, We are
able to put together in perfect order the very tips of
his fingers. |
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The emphasis on fingerprints has a very special meaning.
This is because shapes and details on everyone's fingerprint
are unique to each individual. Every person who is alive or
who has ever lived in this world has a set of unique
fingerprints. Furthermore, even identical twins having the
very same DNA sequence have their own set of
fingerprints.105
Fingerprints attain their final shape before birth and
remain the same for a lifetime unless a permanent scar
appears. That is why fingerprints are accepted as a very
important proof of identity, exclusive to their owner. The
science of fingerprints has been used as a non-erring
identity determination method.
However, what is important is that this feature of
fingerprints was only discovered in the late 19th century.
Before then, people regarded fingerprints as ordinary curves
without any specific importance or meaning. However in the
Qur'an, Allah points to the fingertips, which did not
attract anyone's attention at that time, and calls our
attention to their importance. This importance has only been
fully understood in our day.
The validity of the technique to establish identity by means
of fingerprints (AFS) has been confirmed by various police
organizations over the last 25 years and is a legally
approved method. No technology of identity verification in
our time gives such effective results as fingerprints. Using
fingerprints to establish identity has been used in legal
processes for the last 100 years and possesses international
acceptance. “What is a Fingerprint?,”
Footnotes:
105.
www.ridgesandfurrows.homestead.com/fingerprint.html.
111 Andre A. Moenssens, “Is Fingerprint Identification a
‘Science’?,” (www.forensic-evidence.com/site/ID/ID00004_2.html#ID1.) |
Everyone, including identical twins, has a unique
fingerprint. In other words, people's identities are coded
at their fingertips. This coding system may also be compared
to the barcode system that is used today. |
