HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY

” يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّن بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلَاثٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ ۖ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ” (الزمر:6). “God created you…

“إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا” (الانسان:2). “Indeed, We created man from liquids of males and female that We may try him; and We made him…

“ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ” (المؤمنون:14). “Then We developed out of it another creation. So, blessed be God, the best to create.” (Qur’an, 23:14) After the…

“فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا” (المؤمنون:14). “And then We made out of the mudghah bones, then we clothed the bones with flesh (muscles).” (Qur’an, 23:12-14) Science has revealed that…

“فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً” (المؤمنون:14). “And then We changed the alaqah into mudghah (chewed-like lump).” (Qur’an, 23:14) After the fertilized ovum clings to the uterus, like a leech, then the somites…

“ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً” (المؤمنون:14). “We then made the nutfah into alaqah (leech-like structure, suspended thing, blood clot).” (Qur’an, 23:14) Alaqah means literally, in Arabic, a suspended or clinging entity,…

“اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَحْمِلُ كُلُّ أُنثَىٰ وَمَا تَغِيضُ الْأَرْحَامُ” (الرعد: 8). “God knows what every female bears, and what the uterus embed (Tagheid).” (Qur’an, 13:8) Once fertilized, the embryo undergoes…

“إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا” ( الانسان: 2). “Indeed, We created man from nutfatin amshajin (reproductive liquid from males and females) that We may try him;…

The Qur’an revealed more than 14 centuries ago mentions in a number of verses precise information about the human embryo and its developmental stages as signs of the divine power…