(ii) Fingerprints
While it is stated in the Quran that it is easy for God to bring man back to life after death, people’s fingerprints are particularly emphasized:
“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.” (The Quran, 75:3-4)
This emphasis on fingerprints has a very special meaning. It is now an established fact that each human being has his own unique fingerprints. Everyone who is alive or has ever lived in this world, including identical twins, has a set of unique fingerprints. This is why fingerprints are used as a source of identification around the world. 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.
Before the discovery of the fingerprints people thought of them as ordinary curves without any meaning or importance. In the Quran, Allah points to the fingertips and calls our attention to their significance. This is yet another miracle of the Quran that was only finally understood in our days.
