Page 60 - For Men of Understanding

THE THREE DARK REGIONS
After fertilisation, the baby’s development takes
place in three distinct regions. These regions are:
1. The fallopian tube: this is the region where the
egg and the sperm unite and the where the ovarium
connects to the uterus.
2. Inside the uterus wall to which the zygote clings
for development.
3. The region where the embryo starts growing in a
sack full of a special liquid.
This is stated in the Qur’an as:
"He creates you stage by stage in your mothers'
wombs in a threefold darkness. That is Allah, your
Lord. Sovereignty is His. There is no god but Him. So
what has made you deviate?..." (Surat az-Zumar: 6)

Such a detail could not be known without a sound knowledge of physiolo-
gy. It is obvious that no one possessed such knowledge fourteen centuries ago.
Interestingly enough, Allah always refers to the zygote developing in the moth-
er’s womb as "a clot of blood" in the Qur’an:
Recite: In the Name of your Lord Who created man from a blood clot.
Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous. (Surat al-‘Alaq: 1-3)
Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked? Was he not a
drop of ejaculated sperm? Then a blood clot, which He created and
shaped, making from it both sexes, male and female? (Surat al-
Qiyamah: 36-39)

The Arabic meaning of the word "blood-clot" is "a thing that clings to some
place". The word is used literally to describe leeches that cling to a body to suck
blood. It is obviously the best possible word to describe the zygote clinging to
the wall of the uterus and absorbing its sustenance from it.
The Qur’an has more to disclose about the zygote. Perfectly clinging to the
uterus, the zygote starts to develop. The uterus of the mother, meanwhile, is filled
with a fluid called the "amnion liquid" that surrounds the zygote. The most
important function of the amnion liquid in which the baby develops is to protect
the baby against blows from outside. In the Qur’an, this fact is revealed as fol-
lows:

WHILE THE EYES FORM...

Being a
dark spot at
the first
stage, the
baby’s eye
takes its
final form
during the
passing
months.