Letter 5: The Bible, the Qur’an and Science

“Man We (i.e. Allah) did create from a quintessence (of clay); Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest firmly fixed; Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then We made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh; then We developed out of it another creature; so blessed be Allah the Best to create!” (Surah 23:12-14).

 

“It is He (i.e. Allah) Who has created you from dust then from a sperm-drop then from a leech-like clot; then does He get you out (into the light) as a child” (Surah 40:67).

 

“He (i.e. man) is created from a drop emitted. Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs” (Surah 86:6-7).

 

“He Who has made everything which He has created most Good . . . began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay and made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid despised” (Surah 32:7-8).

 

“He (i.e. Allah) makes you in the wombs of your mothers in stages one after another in three veils of darkness” (Surah 39:6).

 

“Allah doth know what every female (womb) doth bear by how much the wombs fall short (of their time or number) or do exceed. Every single thing is before His sight in (due) proportion” (Surah 13:8).