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63. How is the creation of mankind related in
the Qur'an?

Allah gives ample information in the Qur'an about the
creation of mankind. Most of this information contains facts
that could not be known by the people of that time, but have
recently been discovered by modern science; which is one of
the innumerable scientific miracles of the Qur'an. Informa-
tion given in the Qur'an about the creation of mankind can
be summarised as follows:
• The nutritive fluid called semen, which contains sperm,
is not composed only of sperms. On the contrary, semen is
composed of a mixture of different fluids. It is pointed out in
the Qur'an that semen is a "mingled" fluid. This fact was re-
cently revealed through the aide of modern science.
We created man from a mingled drop to test him,
and We made him hearing and seeing. (Surat al-
Insan: 2)

• Only one of the millions of sperms in the semen fer-
tilises the ovum. In other words, the essence of man is not
the whole semen, but only a little part of it. It is stated in the
Qur'an that man is not created from the whole semen, but
from a mere part of it as follows:
Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm? (Surat al-Qi-
yama: 37)
• Without wasting any time, the "zygote", the cell result-
ing from the union of the sperm and the ovum, starts dupli-
cate to become a "piece of flesh". The zygote does not spend
this developmental stage in a cavity, but clings to the
mother's uterine wall and sticks there by means of its exten-
sions, like roots anchoring a plant to the ground. This fact,

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