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Did We not create you from a base fluid, then place it in a secure
repository for a recognized term? It is We Who determine. What
an excellent Determiner! (Surat al-Mursalat, 20-23)

We created man from the purest kind of clay; then made him a
drop in a secure receptacle; then formed the drop into a clot
and formed the clot into a lump and formed the lump into
bones and clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him in-
to being as another creature. Blessed be Allah, the Best of
Creators! (Surat al-Muminun, 12-14)

The above verses about the Creation of human beings contain fun-
damental information from the field of embryology. The reference “a se-
cure receptacle”, a description of the womb, indicates certain technical
and biological truths which are of great significance to modern scientists.
(Allah knows the truth.) A “zygote” is the term given to what is produced
by the sperm and egg cells coming together. This process continues until
we witness the emergence of a complete human being, made up of tril-
lions of cells all working in harmony: this all takes place in the safety of

the mother's womb. This remarkable place, where the embryo completes
its nine months of development is, as the verse tells us, “a secure recep-
tacle..”

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