Figure 1: Drawings illustrating the similarities in appearance between a leech and a human embryo at the alaqah stage. (Leech drawing fromHuman Development as Described in the Qur’an and Sunnah, Moore and others, p. 37, modified from Integrated Principles of Zoology, Hickman and others. Embryo drawing fromThe Developing Human, Moore and Persaud, 5th ed., p. 73.) Figure 3: In this photomicrograph, we can see the suspension of an embryo (marked B) during the alaqah stage (about 15 days old) in the womb of the mother. The actual size of the embryo is about 0.6 mm. (The Developing Human, Moore, 3rd ed., p. 66, from Histology, Leeson and Leeson.) Figure 2: We can see in this diagram the suspension of an embryo during thealaqahstage in the womb (uterus) of the mother. (The Developing Human, Moore and Persaud, 5th ed., p. 66.) Chapter 1 Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam A) The Qur’an on Human Embryonic Development A Brief Illustrated Guide To Understanding Islam 7
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