Page 496 - Learning from the Qur'an

THE MIXTURE IN THE SEMEN
The fluid called semen, which contains the sperms, does not
consist of sperms alone. On the contrary, it is made up of a mixture
of different fluids. These fluids have different functions, such as
containing the sugar necessary for providing energy for the
sperms, neutralising the acids at the entrance of the uterus, and
creating a slippery environment for the easy movement of the
sperms.
Interestingly enough, when semen is mentioned in the Qur'an,
this fact, which was discovered by modern science, is also referred
to, and semen is defined as a mixed fluid:
We created man from a mingled drop to test him, and We
made him hearing and seeing. (Qur'an, 76:2)
In another verse, semen is again referred to as a mixture, and
it is stressed that man is created from the "extract" of this mixture:
He Who has created all things in the best possible way. He
commenced the creation of man from clay; then He made his
progeny from an extract of discarded fluid. (Qur'an, 32:7-8)
The Arabic word "sulala", translated as "extract", means the
essential or best part of something. By either implication, it means
"part of a whole". This shows that the Qur'an is the word of a Will
that knows the creation of man down to its slightest detail. This
Will is Allah, the Creator of man.

THE SEX OF THE BABY
Until fairly recently, it was thought that a baby's sex was
determined by the mother's cells. Or at least, it was believed that
the sex was determined by the male and female cells together. But
we are given different information in the Qur'an, where it is stated
that masculinity or femininity is created out of "a drop of sperm
which has been ejected".
He has created both sexes, male and female from a drop of

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