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THE ROLE OF THE EGG CELL IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW HUMAN BEING

same stage is repeated. With the dege-
neration of the corpus luteum, oestro- It was He Who created
gen, progesterone and other hormones the heavens and the earth
are no longer secreted; that is, the pitu- in all truth. The day He
itary gland again comes into action. says "Be!" it is. His word
Once again the secretion of FSH and is the Truth. All sover-
LH begins in the pituitary gland, ca- eignty shall be His on the
using the growth of new follicles to be-
Day the Trumpet is
gin. But these follicles cannot develop
blown. He is the Knower
sufficiently because the lack of oestro-
of the Unseen and the
gen and progesterone causes a new sta-
Visible. He is the All-
ge to begin—menstruation.
Wise, the All-Aware.
4. Menstruation: This is the stage
(Qur'an, 6: 73)
in which the unfertilised egg is ejected
from the body. Because fertilisation has
not taken place, the previously prepared wall of the uterus contracts, the
blood vessels are constricted and the egg is ejected. After this stage, the
body will begin again to prepare to carry out all these functions.
This whole stage is repeated in all women regularly throughout a
particular period of time. Every month new egg cells are produced, the sa-
me hormones are secreted again and again at the same period and the wo-
man's body is prepared as if fertilisation were going to occur. But in the
final stage, the direction of the preparation changes according to whether
or not sperm are present.

Preparations for Fertilisation
The egg cell is 20-25 cm. from the place where the sperm enters the
female body. This distance is about 3000 times the size of the sperm. Con-
sidered in proportion to its own size, this distance is quite large and to tra-
verse it the sperm needs strong support.
Before the egg can meet the sperm, some preparations begin in both
the male and the female body. The great majority of these preparations are

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