[Documentary] Miracles Of The Brain: Smell And Taste

Miracles Of The Brain: Smell And Taste



The brain… an endless resource whose limits still remain undiscovered. Even a minor defect in this structure of perfect design would cause significant changes in our lives. Modern scientific research is bringing us ever closer to the functions and mysteries of this miraculous organ…

In our daily lives, we find ourselves in the midst of thousands of tastes and smells that add immeasurable color to our lives. Just think of an overflowing bouquet of flowers, the fresh scent of reborn soil after a spring rain, the fragrance of the people we love… The unique tastes of all the different foods we enjoy…….


Now let’s think, for just a moment, what it’d be like if these tastes and smells were no more, if they didn’t exist… Even thinking for a split-second of being deprived of them is enough to appreciate what tremendous blessings these tastes and smells are for us… Who offers us these blessings is God, the Creator of all living things. A passage in the Qur’an says it like so:

If you tried to number God’s blessings, you could never count them. God is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Qur’an, 16: 18)

Despite the overflowing variety of tastes and smells, we’re able to perceive them easily, since God created these blessings along with the systems allowing us to appreciate them. These systems work flawlessly throughout our lifetimes.

This film is intended to make you better understand the awesome power and knowledge of God through a closer look at these perfect systems. God explains His flawless creation as follows in the Qur’an:

He is God—the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Qur’an, 59: 24)

Now, let’s examine the taste of smell and see for ourselves its unique design…

Duration: 40 Minute