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THE MIRACLE OF HUMAN CREATION

you continually. (Qur'an, 4: 1)
A Fluid with a Complex Structure: Semen

When the sperm begins its journey, the prostate gland secretes a fluid
and immediately afterwards another fluid comes from the seminal vesicles;
they join the sperm and semen is produced. All together they travel towards
the mother's body. As we described earlier in detail, the function of these flu-
ids is to have the nourishment ready to provide the energy that the sperm
need, and particularly to neutralize the acids at the entrance to the mother's
uterus, making an environment in which the sperm can move more easily.
The whole of this fluid which is ejected from the male body for the
process of fertilisation is called semen. 10% of it comes from the sperm ca-
nals, 60% from the seminal vesicles, 30% from the prostate gland and the

rest is sperm cells and a small quantity of fluids from other secretory
glands. That is, what we call semen is a complex combination of fructo-
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se, phosphorylcholine, ergothioneine, ascorbic acid, flavins, prostaglan-
dins, citric acid, cholesterol, zinc, acid phosphatase, lactic acid,
fibrinolytic and proteolytic enzymes, hyaluronidase and sperm. We have
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before our eyes a wonder that God has revealed in the Qur'an.
In many places in the Qur'an God calls attention to human creati-
on and commands us to think about this matter. Scientists who have in-
vestigated these verses of the Qur'an have discovered that a number of

At the side we see
sperm moving in
seminal fluid. Semi-
nal fluid is a mixture
of fluids secreted by
various glands. Con-
trary to popular
opinion, of all the
components of this
complex fluid, only
the sperm has the
ability to fertilise.
This scientific fact—
only recently discov-
ered—was revealed
in the Qur'an 1,400
years ago.