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God fashioned man from a small quantity (of sperm).”

(Quran 16:4)

Fertilization takes place with only one sperm among several

tens of million produced by man:

“Then We placed him as

a drop in a place of rest.” (Quran 23:13)

Implantation of the blastocyst in the uterus:

“Then We made

the drop into a leech-like structure...” (Quran 23:14)

This resemblance of the human embryo to a leech is an ap-

propriate description of the human embryo from days 7-24,

when it clings to the endometrium of the uterus:

“And He

(God) gave you hearing (ears), sight (eyes), and feeling

and understanding.” (Quran 32:9)

The internal ears appear before the eyes and the brain (the

sight of understanding) differentiates last. Dr. E. Marshall John-

son2 Professor of Anatomy, concluded after studying verses

fromQuran: “The Quran describes not only the development

of external form but emphasizes also the internal stages - the

stages inside the embryo of its creation and development,

emphasizing major events recognized by contemporary

science... so I see nothing in conflict with the concept that

divine intervention was involved...”

ender

etermination

The concept of ‘Gender Determination’ as being described

by geneticists, is one of the outstanding informations revealed

to us in the Quran. This information is now a known fact,

that sperms are the deciding factors in determining the type

of gender (male or female) in the new embryo. This determi-

nation through the male sperm is due to the fact that sperms

have an X and Y chromosomes, while the female ovum has

only X Chromosomes (X, X). Through the Quran, The Almighty

informs us that it is the male sperms that determine the type

gender for the new offspring:

“Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled (without

purpose)? Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in humble

form)? Then did (God) make and fashion (him) in due

proportion. And of him He made two sexes, male and

female...” (Quran 75:36-39)

xistence of

airs

reation

Before the dawn of the modern era, humans conceived that

only animal life was divided into two genders, male and fe-

male. Then the discovery was made that this phenomenon

was present in plants and vegetation too. We have found this

reality existing in every creation, animate as well as inanimate,

though in different forms. In electricity, these two genders

can be classified as positive and negative. North and South

pole describe it in magnetism, electron and proton in atoms,

matter and antimatter etc. Even bacteria could be positive

or negative, while the truth is, this creation is made of pairs.

At the time the Quran was being revealed in the 7th century

C.E., we knew of pairing in animals and plants only, but the

Quran describes the phenomenon in the most lucid manner:

“Hallowed is He, Who created pairs in all things, those

that grow from the earth and of themselves, and what they

know not.” (Quran 36:36)

The Quranic Statement:

“...And what they know not” is as

true today, as it was when the Holy Quran was revealed.

Dr. Keith Moore3, Professor of Embryology, after analyzing the

verses of the Quran for three years comments: “It has been a

pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Quran about

Human Development. It is clear to me that these statements

must have come to Muhammad from God or Allah because

almost all of this knowledge was not discovered until many

centuries later.”

Dr. Maurice Bucaille4, French Physician, after studying Qu-

ran and comparing it with modern science, addressed the

French Academy of Medicine in 1976 and proclaimed: “Our

knowledge of these disciplines is such, that it is impossible

to explain how a text produced at the time of the Quran

could have contained ideas that have only been discovered

in modem times.”

Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson5, Professor of Obstetrics and Gyne-

cology, proclaims: “...these Hadiths (sayings of Muhammad)

could not have been obtained on the basis of the scientific

knowledge that was available at the time of the writer (7th

century) ... It follows that not only is there no conflict between

genetics and religion (Islam) but in fact religion (Islam) may

guide science by adding revelation to some of the traditional

scientific approaches... There exist statements in the Quran

shown centuries later to be valid which support knowledge

in the Quran having been derived from God.”

Dr. Tejatet Tejasen6, Professor of Anatomy, attending the

Eighth Saudi Medical Conference, stood up and likewise

announced: “From my studies and what I have learnt at this

conference, I believe that everything that has been recorded

in the Quran 1400 years ago must be true. That can be proved

the scientific way.”

These men of knowledge, in their unbiased studies of the Qu-

ran, all proclaimed its truthfulness as a Revelation of Almighty

God. “Soon we will show them Our Signs in the (furthest)

regions (of the earth) and in their own soul, until it becomes

manifest to them that this is the Truth...” (Quran 41:53)

Guidance to humanity proclaimed in the Quran is complete

and applicable to all societies and all times. Whether we are

living in the Stone Age or the Space Age, riding in horse pulled

carriages or flying in Space Shuttles, we haven’t changed a

bit. We still possess physical and emotional desires, we live in

societies, interact with one another, establish social, political

and economic systems; thus the relevant need for guidance

by our Creator in all these spheres of our life. Islam is the only

religion which is totally compatible with scientific facts and

provides complete, explicit and clear guidance in all spheres

of life. The Quran was revealed in Arabic, but translation of

its meaning are available in English and other languages for

non-Arabs. Likewise Islam is not restricted to people, it is a

universal religion revealed for all of mankind.

We invite all sincere humans to study Islamwith an open mind.

Don’t blindly follow the whims and paganistic influences of the

environment around us. God bestowed upon us this superb

mind to seek and live the truth; for we all will be accountable

on the Day of judgment for our beliefs and deeds.

References:

1. Dr. T.V.N. Persaud, Prof. and Head of the Dept. of Anatomy, Univ. of

Manitoba, Canada, received in 1991 the most distinguished award pre-

sented in the field of Anatomy, the J.C.B. Grand Award.

2. Dr. E. Marshall Johnson, Prof. and Chairman of the Department of Anat-

omy and Developmental Biology, and the Director of the Daniel Baugh

Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.

3. Dr. Keith Moore, Prof. of Embryology, Department of Anatomy, Univ. of

Toronto, Canada, recipient of numerous awards and honors, including in

1984, the J.C.B. Grand Award, which is the highest honor granted by the

Canadian Association of Anatomists.

4. Dr. Maurice Bucaille, French Physician, Author of ‘The Bible, the Quran

and Science’, Seghers, Paris, 1987.

5. Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, Prof. and Chairman of the Department of Ob-

stetrics and Gynecology at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,

and the President of the American Fertility Society.

6. Dr. Tejatet Tejasen, Prof. and Head of Department of Anatomy, Faculty

of Medicine, University of Chiang, Thailand.