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A PERFECT ARMY SET ON ITS GOAL

wonders of the Qur'an are hidden in those verses that give information
about human creation. For example, it has been discovered in research do-
ne with the help of modern scientific technology that semen is composed
of a mixture of different substances. But this information was made
known in the Qur'an 1400 years ago. Semen is described as a "mingled"
drop in the Qur'an:
We created man from a mingled drop to test him, and We made him
hearing and seeing. (Qur'an, 76: 2)
Of the components which make up this fluid, only one sperm fer-
tilises the egg. A large number of people think that the semen as a whole
does the fertilising; however, only a small part of the semen, a sperm, do-
es this. That is, a human being comes into being not from the semen as a
whole, but from a small part of it (the sperm).
In the course of sexual union, along with the semen, about 250-300
million sperm are ejaculated from the male. But out of millions of sperm,
only about 1000 manage to reach the egg and of these 1000, the egg will
only receive one. That is, the essence of a human being is not contained in
the semen as a whole, but just in a small part of it. This fact, about which
many people either have no knowledge or are misinformed even today,
was revealed in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago. The Qur'an explains this re-
ality in these words:
Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked? Was he not a
drop of ejaculated sperm? (Qur'an, 75: 36-37)

In another verse, it is indicated again that semen is a mixture and hu-
manity is created out of the "extract" of this mixture.
He has created all things in the best possible way. He commenced the
creation of man from clay; then produced his seed from an extract of
discarded fluid. (Qur'an, 32: 7-8)
If we examine the meaning of the Arabic in this verse, it becomes cle-
ar that we are confronted with a wonder of the Qur'an. The English word
"extract" translates the Arabic "sulala"; and means the essence or the best
part of a thing. By either implication, it is "a part of a whole".
This shows clearly that the Qur'an is the word of a Will that knows
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