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THE QUR'AN LEADS THE W A Y TO SCIENCE

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 the verses. 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… 70

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

Three Dark Stages of the Baby in the Womb

In the Qur'an, it is related that man is created in a three-stage process in
the mother's womb:
... He creates you stage by stage in your mothers' wombs in a
threefold darkness. That is God, your Lord. Sovereignty is His.
There is no god but Him. So what has made you deviate?
(Surat az-Zumar: 6)

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:
a) The darkness of the abdomen
b) The darkness of the womb
c) 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,

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