Scientific Miracles in Human

Creation in Quran and Sunnah

Dr. Basil Al-Shaikh

Medical College, King Faisal University

Saudi Arabia

Embryonic development

Stages

Sex determination

Sex differentiation

Sensory function of skin

Function of frontal lobe of brain

Content

Embryonic development

“ We created man from the quintessence of mud. Then We made him as a nutfah (drop) in a place of settlement, firmly fixed.  Then We made the drop into an alaqah (leech, suspended thing, and blood clot), then We made the alaqah into a mudghah (chewed lump). The chewed lump is fashioned into bones which are then covered with flesh. Then We nurse him unto another act of creation. Blessed is God, the best of artisans ”

QURAN :23 ; 12-14

Stages of human development

quintessence of mud

nutfah

alaqahmudghah

another act of creation

bones and flesh

Male Nutfah ( Sperm)

Female Nutfah (Ovum)

Mixed nutfah (Zygote)

The Nutfah literally means “a drop of fluid”:

The male Nutfah ( sperm )

“ Does man think that he is left to himself to waste his life!! Was he not a mere nutfah (drop of fluid) out of Semen that has been ejaculated ? ”

Quran: 75 ; 36-40

“ God fashioned both male and female from a nutfah (drop of fluid) that has been ejaculated.”

Quran: 53 ; 45-46:

The male Nutfah ( sperm )

The Prophet Mohammad (Peace be Upon him) said:

“ Not from the whole fluid (ejaculated), man is created, but only from a small portion of it”

Sperms are part of the semen

“Let Man then observe out of what he has been created; he has been created out of gushing water (ejaculated fluid), which comes out from between the vertebral column and the ribs”

Quran: 86;5-9

Sperms are produced by Testes

Sperm Testes

100 Millions sperm/ml of semen ( 300 Million sperms/ejaculate )

Semen Prostate and seminal vesicle

The female Nutfah ( ovum

)A Jew has asked the Prophet the following question:

“O Mohammed. Tell me from what thing man is created”.

The Prophet answered:“O Jew. From both male Nutfah (sperm) and female Nutfah (ovum) man is created”.

“Verily We have created man from a drop of mingled liquids”

Quran: 76;2

The mixed nutfah (Zygote)

Alaqah

Literally, the Arabic word alaqah

has three meanings: 1. leech 2. suspended thing 3. blood clot

leech

suspended thing

blood clot

Alaqah

This description (Alaqa ) is far more specific than the current used scientific term ( Blastula )

Prof. Moore and Prof. Persaud ,the pioneers in embryology, stated:

Mudghah

Mudghah

Bones and flesh

QURAN : 23 ; 12-14

The chewed lump is fashioned into bones which are then covered with flesh

“And look at the bones how We bring them together and cover them with flesh.”

QURAN : 2 ; 259

Another act of creation

Another act of creation

Then We nurse him unto another act of creation

QURAN : 23 ; 12-14

Sex determinationgenetic level

“ God fashioned both male and female from a nutfah (drop of fluid) that has been ejaculated.”

Quran: 53 ; 45-46:

Sex determination

Sperm : Y or XOvum : X only

If Y sperm fertilize ovum

( XY ) Male

If X sperm fertilize ovum

Sex determination

( XX ) Femal

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Sex differentiation

External level

Sex differentiation

The Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) said:“When 42 days pass after the Nutfah settles in the womb, God sends an angel to shape it and create its hearing, its vision, its skin, its flesh and bones, and then the angel says: “O God, Is it a boy or a girl?” and God dictates whatever He wants.” Narrated by Muslim.

Statements of prominent scientists

on embryological development in Quran and

sunnah

:

 “It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from God, because almost all of this knowledge was not discovered until many centuries later.  This proves to me that Muhammad must have

been a messenger of God”.

Seventh Medical Conference, King Faisal university ,Saudi Arabia -1981

Professor Keith L Moore

Consequently, Professor Moore was asked the following question:

“ Does this mean that you believe that the Quran is the word of God? ” 

He replied: “I find no difficulty in accepting this”

Furthermore, Professor Moore stated: ( it is proposed that a new system of classification could be developed using the terms mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah )

Later on it was included in his book, human development published in 1986.

(Since the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write, Muhammad must be a messenger who relayed this truth, which was revealed to him as an enlightenment by the one who is eligible [as the] creator .

Professor Tejatat Tejasen is the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at Chiang Mai University, Thailand

This creator must be God.  Therefore, I think this is the time to say La ilaha illa Allah, there is no god to worship except Allah (God), Muhammadur rasoolu Allah, Muhammad is Messenger of Allah)

Sensory function of skin

“Surely! Those who disbelieved in Our Ayat ( proofs, verses, signs etc) We shall burn them in fire. As often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for other skins that they may taste the punishment. Truly Allah is Ever most powerful, All-Wise.”

Quran: 5 ; 56

NERVES

( No!  If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah (front of the head), a lying, sinful naseyah! )

Function of frontal lobe of

brain

Quran, 96:15-16

What is the relationship between the front of the head and lying and sinfulness?

Why did the Quran describe the front of the head as being lying and sinful? 

Why didn’t the Quran say that the person was lying and sinful? 

Questions to be raised

“The motivation and the foresight to plan and initiate movements occur in the anterior portion of the frontal lobes, the prefrontal area”

Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology

“the prefrontal area is also thought to be the functional center for aggression”

So, this area of the brain is responsible for planning, motivating, and initiating good and sinful behavior and is responsible for the telling of lies and the speaking of truth