Page 121 - The Miracle of Human Creation

FROM ONE CELL TO A LUMP
OF FLESH…

Cells continue to divide and multiply over a period of time, forming eye
cells sensitive to light, nerve cells to perceive bitterness, sweetness, pain, heat
and cold, ear cells to sense sound waves, cells of the digestive system to
process food, and many others.
After the embryo's first three weeks, the multiplying cells take on the ap-
pearance of a lump. In the Qur'an, this development is revealed as a change
from an "alaq" (embryo) to a "lump":
Then We formed the drop into an alaq (embryo) and formed alaq into a
lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh,
thus bringing forth another creature. Blessed be God, the Best of Cre-
ators! (Qur'an, 23: 14)
It has only recently been discovered in the science of embryology that the
first phase of a baby's formation ends with this kind of development. But this
scientific fact was revealed 1400 years ago in the Qur'an, which is perfect and
without error, sent down by God, Lord of the universe. Exalted is the Majesty
of God.

In the picture on the left, we
see a three-weeks-old foetus
attached to the wall of the
uterus. This mass of cells re-
sembling a piece of flesh will
continue to divide and, in
time, the eyes which allow us
to see, the nose which per-
mits us to smell, the feet with
which we walk and run, and
the hands and internal or-
gans will be formed from
these cells. This marvellous
transformation cannot come
about by chance. It could not
happen by itself. It is God,
the Lord of all the worlds,
Who has ordained all these
flawless transformations in
the body.