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THE HOLY QUR’AN

THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINGING TO THE UTERUS

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The HolyQur'an is theWord of Allah


Recite: In the name of your Lord Who created man from alaq. Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous. (Qur'an, 96:1-3)


THE ‘ALAQ

’ CLINING TO THE

UTERUS

•THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINING TO THE UTERUS-In the first phase of its development, the baby in the mother's womb is in the form of a zygote, which clings to the uterus in order to take nourishment from the mother's blood.


Zygote


Zygote -looks like a piece of flesh

This formation, which has been discovered by modern

embryology, was miraculously stated in the Holy Qur'an 14 centuries ago with the word

"alaq," which means "a thing that clings to some place" and is

used to describe leeches that cling to a body to suck blood.


THE ‘ALAQ

’ CLINING TO THE

UTERUS

•If we continue to examine the facts announced to us in the Holy Qur'an, about the formation of human beings, we again encounter some very important scientific truth.


THE ‘ALAQ

’ CLINING TO THE

UTERUS

•When the sperm of the male unites with the ovum of the female, the essence of the baby to be born is formed.


This can only be seen with the aid of a

microscope.

This single cell, known as a "zygote" in biology, will instantly begin reproducing by dividing, and

eventually become a "piece of flesh," called an embryo.


The embryo does not spend its developmental period in a void.

It clings to the uterus, with something like roots that is firmly fixed to the earth by its tendrils.

Through this bond, the embryo can obtain the substances essential to its development from the mother's body.85

http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_57.html


Here, an important miracle of the Holy Qur'an is revealed.

While referring to the embryo developing in the mother's womb, Mighty Allah uses the word "alaq“ ( :ٍق8 in the (َع:َلHoly Qur'an:

96:1

خَلٍق الذي ربك باسم اقرأ

:ٍق: َل خ: MذLي ال Nك: ب ر: L م OاسL بO أ اقOر:

. الخالئٍق} { } { خَلٍق الذي ربك باسم مبتدئا القراءة أوجد اقرأSahih International

Recite in the name of your Lord who created .Shakir

Read in the name of your Lord Who created. ) آفرید ) را جهان که پروردگارت نام به ،بخوان

الرحيم الرحمن الَله بسم

http://quran.com/96/1

96:2َعَلٍق من اإلنسان خَلٍق

:ٍق8 َع:َل OنLم ان: Lنس: Oاإل خ:َل:ٍق:القطعة} { } { وهي َعَلقة جمع َعَلٍق من الجنس اإلنسان خَلٍق

. الغَليظ الدم من اليسيرةSahih International

Created man from a clinging substance.Shakir

He created man from a clot.کرد خَلٍق بسته ای خون از را انسان که کس !همان


96:3

األكرم وربك اقرأم� Oر: ك

: Oاأل �ك: ب و:ر:O أ اقOر:

من} { } { حال كريم، يوازيه ال الذي األكرم وربك لألول تأكيد اقرأ . اقرأ الضمير

Sahih InternationalRecite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

ShakirRead and your Lord is Most Honorable

) است ) بزرگوارتر همه از پروردگارت که ،بخوان


Tafsir تفسير Recite, bring recitation into existence, beginning

with: In the Name of your Lord Who created, all creatures;

created man (al-insān: the generic) from a clinging substance ). (‘alaq is the plural of ‘alaqa, which is a clinging substance ).

Recite: (reiterating the first one) and your Lord is the Most Generous, having no counterpart in terms of His generosity (wa-rabbuka’l-akram is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject [of the verb] iqra’, ‘recite’),


The word is literally used to describe leeches that cling to a body to suck

blood.

The meaning of the word 8َع:َل:ٍق "alaq" in Arabic is "a thing that

clings to some place."


The use of such a specific word for the embryo developing in the mother's womb, proves once again that the Holy Qur'an is the Word of Allah, the Lord of all the Worlds.

The Wrapping of Muscles over the Bones

Another important item of information provided in the verses of the Holy Qur'an is the developmental stages of a human being in the mother's womb.

It is stated in these verses that in the mother's womb, the bones develop first, and then the muscles form which wrap around them.

Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The

Believers) - المؤمنون سورة

23:12


Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The

Believers) - المؤمنون 23:12 سورة

Sahih InternationalAnd certainly did We create man from an

extract of clay.Shakir

And certainly We created man of an extract of clay,

Farsiآفریدیم؛ گLل از َعصاره ای از را انسان ما و


23:13

Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) - المؤمنون سورة


23:13

Sahih InternationalThen We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm

lodging.Shakir

Then We made him a small seed in a firm resting-place,

Farsi ] قرار ]= رحم مطمئن قرارگاه در نطفه ای را او سپس

دادیم؛




Literally, the Arabic word alaqah has three meanings:

(1) leech(2) suspended thing(3) blood clot.

Similarities in appearance between a leech and a human embryo at the alaqah stage

The suspension of an embryo during the alaqah stage in the womb (uterus) of the mother-suspended thing


When comparing the appearance of an embryo at the mudghah stage with a piece

of gum that has been chewed, we find similarity between the two.

A) Drawing of an embryo at the mudghah stage.

We can see here the somites at the back of the embryo that look like teeth marks. (The Developing Human, Moore and Persaud, 5th

ed., p. 79.)

B) Photograph of a piece of gum that has been chewed.


Mudghah


[We] then formed the drop into a clot and formed the

clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and

clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature. Blessed be Allah, the Best

of Creators! (Qur'an, 23:14)

23:14 Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) - المؤمنون سورة


Sahih InternationalThen We made the sperm-drop into a clinging

clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones,

and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed

is Allah , the best of creators.Shakir

Then We made the seed a clot, then We made the clot a lump of flesh, then We made (in) the lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones

with flesh, then We caused it to grow into another creation, so blessed be Allah, the best

of the creators.

23:14



Farsiخون ]= َعَلقه بصورت را نطفه سپس

چیزی[ ]= مضغه بصورت را َعَلقه و ، بسته ] را مضغه و ، شده جویده گوشت شبیهبر و درآوردیم؛ استخوانهایی بصورت

را آن سپس پوشاندیم؛ گوشت استخوانهااست بزرگ پس دادیم؛ تازه ای آفرینش

است آفرینندگان بهترین که !خدایی


23:14



•Embryology is the branch of science that studies the development of the embryo in the mother's womb.


Until very recently, embryologists

assumed that the bones and muscles in an embryo developed

at the same time.


Yet, advanced microscopic research conducted by

virtue of new technological developments has revealed that the

revelation of the Qur'an is word for word correct.


These observations at the microscopic level

showed that the development inside the mother's womb takes place in just the way it

is described in Holy Qur’an.


First, the cartilage tissue of the embryo ossifies.

Then, muscular cells that are selected from amongst the tissue around the bones

come together and wrap around the bones.


This event is described in a

scientific publication titled

Developing Human in the following

words:


… [T]he shape of the skeleton determines the

general appearance of the embryo in the bones stage

during the 7th week; muscles do not develop at

the same time but their development follows soon

after.


The muscles take their positions around the bones throughout the body and

therefore clothe the bones.Thus, the muscles take their

well known forms and structures… The stage of

clothing with muscle occurs during the 8th week…86

http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_57.html#dp


The bones of the baby completing its development in the mother's

womb are clothed with

flesh during one particular stage

exactly as stated in the Qur’an.


In short, developmental stages of man, as described in the Holy Qur'an, are in perfect harmony with the findings of modern

embryology.



Many stages of a baby's development in the

mother's womb are related in the Qur'an. As described in Surat al-

Muminun 14, the cartilage of the embryo in the

mother's womb ossifies first.


Then these bones are coveredwith muscle cells. Allah describes this development

with the verse: "… [We then]formed the lump into bones and

clothed the bones in flesh."

Three Dark Stages of

the Baby in the WombAs Allah

revealed to us 1400

years ago in Holy Qur’

an

In the Holy Qur'an, it is related that

man is created through a

three-stage process in the

mother's womb.

Three Dark Stages

(Qur'an, 39:6)

... He creates you stage by stage in your

mothers' wombs in threefold darkness. That

is Allah, your Lord. Sovereignty is His.

There is no god but Him. So what has made you deviate? (Qur'an, 39:6)

Surat Az-Zumar (The Troops) - الزمر سورة39:6


Surat Az-Zumar (The Troops) - الزمر سورة39:6

Sahih InternationalHe created you from one soul. Then He made from

it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the

wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is Allah , your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except

Him, so how are you averted?Shakir

He has created you from a single being, then made its mate of the same (kind), and He has made for you eight of the cattle in pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers-- a creation after a

creation-- in triple darkness; that is Allah your Lord, His is the kingdom; there is no god but He; whence

are you then turned away?

Surat Az-Zumar (The Troops) الزمر - سورة39:6

از را همسرش و آفرید، نفس یک از را شما او ) هشت) شما برای و کرد؛ خَلٍق او گLل باقیماندهشکم در را شما او کرد؛ ایجاد چهارپایان از زوج

میان در دیگر، آفرینش از بعد آفرینشی مادرانتان ! خداوند، است این می بخشد گانه، سه تاریکیهای ) آن ) از هستی َعالم حکومت که شما پروردگار

از چگونه پس نیست؛ او جز معبودی هیچ اوست؛! می شوید؟ منحرف حٍق راه

Surat Az-Zumar (The Troops) - الزمر سورة

Tafsir تفسير

He created you from a single soul, namely, Adam, then made from it its mate, Eve; and He sent down for you of the cattle, [of] camels, cows, small cattle, sheep and goats, eight kinds, of each kind a male and a female — as He makes clear in sūrat al-An‘ām [Q. 6:143f.]. He creates you in your mothers’ wombs, creation after creation, that is to say, as a sperm-drop, then a blood clot, then a foetus, in a threefold darkness, that is, the darkness of the belly, that of the womb and that of the placenta. That is God, your Lord. To Him belongs [all] sovereignty. There is no god except Him. Why then are you being turned away?, from worshipping Him to worshipping [things] other than Him?

The expression "fee thulumatin thalathin,"

translated into English as "a threefold darkness,"

indicates three dark regions involved during the development of the embryo. These are:

Development of the embryo

The darkness

of the abdomen

The darkness

of the womb

The darkness

of the placenta


As we have seen, modern biology has revealed that the embryological development of

the baby takes place in the manner revealed in the verse,

in three dark regions.Moreover, advances in the

science of embryology show that these regions consist of

three layers each.


The lateral abdominal wall comprises three layers: the external oblique, the internal

oblique, and transverses abdominis

muscles.87



Similarly, the wall of the womb also

consists of three layers: the

epimetrium, the myometrium and the

endometrium.88



Similarly again, the placenta surrounding the embryo also

consists of three layers: the amnion (the internal

membrane around the fetus), the chorion (the middle

amnion layer) and the decidua (outer amnion

layer.)89



It is also pointed out in this verse

that a human being is created in the

mother's womb in three distinct

stages.


Modern biology has also revealed that the baby's embryological development takes

place in three distinct regions in the mother's

womb.


Today, in all the embryology textbooks studied in departments of medicine, this subject is taken as an

element of basic knowledge.For instance, in Basic Human Embryology, a fundamental reference text in the field of

embryology, this fact is stated as follows:


These phases refer to the different developmental stages of a baby. In brief, the main characteristics of these developmental

stages are as follows:

The life in the uterus has three stages: pre-embryonic; first two and a half weeks,

embryonic; until the end of the eight week, and fetal; from the eight week to labor.90



Pre-embryonic StageIn this first phase, the zygote grows by division, and when it

becomes a cell cluster, it buries itself in the wall of the uterus.While they continue growing,

the cells organize themselves in three layers.


Embryonic StageThe second phase lasts for

five and a half weeks, during which the baby is referred to as an "embryo." During this stage, the basic organs and systems of the body start to appear from the cell layers.


Foetal StageFrom this stage onward, the embryo is called

a "foetus." This phase begins at the eighth week of gestation, and lasts until the moment of

birth.The distinctive characteristic of this stage is

that the foetus looks much like a human being, with its face, hands and feet.

Although it is only 3 cm long initially, all of its organs have become apparent.

This phase lasts for about 30 weeks, and development continues until the week of

delivery.


Information on the development in the mother's womb became available only

after observations with modern devices.

Yet, just like many other scientific facts, in a miraculous way, Allah draws our attention to these items of information in the verses of the Qur'an.




Development of the embryo 85. Keith L. Moore, et al., Human Development as Described in

the Qur'an and Sunnah (Makkah: Commission on Scientific Signs of the Qur'an and Sunnah, 1992), 36. 86. Keith L. Moore, Developing Human, 3rd ed. (W. B. Saunders Company: 1982), 364a. 87. http://anatomy.med.unsw.edu.au/cbl/embryo/Notes/git4.htm; and www.yoursurgery.com/ProcedureDetails.cfm?BR=1&Proc=74. 88. http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/uyeshiros/AP50/Repro.htm. 89. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Qur'an, 84. 90. Williams P., Basic Human Embryology, 3rd ed., 1984, 64.

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