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In the Name of Allah, The All-Merciful and Most Merciful

that it is firmly attached in the womb, the zygote begins to
develop. The mother’s womb is full of amniotic fluid, which
surrounds the zygote and keeps the embryo safe from exter-
nal trauma while it grows. The baby remains in safety for
nine months because of Allah’s endless compassion and pro-
tection. Allah reveals this truth to us in the Qur’an: “Did We
not create you from a base fluid, then place it in a secure

repository?” (Surat al-Mursalat, 20-21).

As time passes, the fetus begins to change from
what resembles a mass of gelatin to a small body with hard
bones that will enable it to stand upright. And the cells,
which first had the same structure, begin to differentiate in-
to those that form eye cells sensitive to light, nerve cells able

to perceive heat, cold, pain, and sound waves. As a result of
these and many other amazing processes, the embryo com-
pletes its development and is born in a form that is 100 mil-
lion times larger than its original size and 6 billion times
heavier. Certainly, no one has the power to create another
human being or any material thing.
It is Allah Who creates all these wonderful systems and
all the details of their various stages of development:

Then [We] formed the drop into an blood clot, the blood
clot into a lump, formed the lump into bones, and
clothed the bones in flesh. Then [We] brought it into be-
ing as another creature. Blessed be Allah, the Best of
Creators! (Surat al-Muminun, 14)

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