#2

2- Life cycles:
All creatures, whether animal, plant or solid are linked together in common cycles of change. Atoms and molecules are incessantly exchanged between the lifeless solids and live plants and /or animals. Examples are:

i. Decomposition and regeneration of human and animal cells

ii. The carbon cycle between plant or animal cells and carbon dioxide of the atmosphere

iii. The nitrogen cycle involving live cells, atmospheric nitrogen and soil fertilizers

Reference to the presence of these cycles is explicitly summed up in the verses:

§ You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. [3/27]

§ He brings forth the living from the dead, and it is He Who brings forth the dead from the living. [6/95]

§ And who brings out the living from the dead and brings out the dead from the living. [10/31]

§ He brings out the living from the dead, and brings out the dead from the living. [30/19]