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Sperms surrounding the ovum

A Drop of Semen
During sexual intercourse, 250 million sperms are emitted from the
male at a time. The sperms undertake an arduous 5-minute journey in the
mother's body until they make it to the ovum. Only a thousand out of 250
million sperms succeed in reaching the ovum. The ovum, the size of half a
grain of salt, will let only one of the sperms in. That is, the essence of man
is not the whole semen but only a small portion of it. This is explained in
the Qur'an:
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)? Was
he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)? (Surat al-Qiyama, 36-37)
As we have seen, the Qur'an informs us that man is made not from
the complete semen but only a small part of it. That the particular empha-
sis in this statement announces a fact only discovered by modern science
is evidence that the statement is divine in origin.

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