THE HOLY QUR’AN THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINGING TO THE UTERUS

1. BASED ON THE WORKS OF HARUN YAHYA WWW.HARUNYAHAY.COM INCLUDING: WWW.ISLAM-GUIDE.COM and others PREPARED BY fereidoun.dejahang@ntlworld.com Dr F.Dejahang, BSc CEng, BSc (Hons) Construction Mgmt, MSc, MCIOB, .MCMI, PhD THE HOLY QUR’AN THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINGING TO THE UTERUS

2. The Holy Qur'an is the Word of Allah

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5. THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINGING TO THE UTERUS • Zygote

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10. THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINGING TO THE UTERUS • The embryo does not spend its developmental period in a void. • It clings to the uterus, with something like roots that is firmly fixed to the earth by its tendrils. • Through this bond, the embryo can obtain the substances essential to its development from the mother's body.85

11. THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINGING TO THE UTERUS • Here, an important miracle of the Holy Qur'an is revealed. • While referring to the embryo developing in the mother's womb, Mighty Allah uses the word "alaq“ (عَلَقٍ) in the Holy Qur'an:

12. 96:1 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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15. Tafsir تفسير • Recite, bring recitation into existence, beginning with: In the Name of your Lord Who created, all creatures; • created man (al-insān: the generic) from a clinging substance ). (‘alaq is the plural of ‘alaqa, which is a clinging substance ). • Recite: (reiterating the first one) and your Lord is the Most Generous, having no counterpart in terms of His generosity (wa-rabbuka’l-akram is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject [of the verb] iqra’, ‘recite’),

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17. THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINGING TO THE UTERUS • The use of such a specific word for the embryo developing in the mother's womb, proves once again that the Holy Qur'an is the Word of Allah, the Lord of all the Worlds.

18. The Wrapping of Muscles over the Bones • Another important item of information provided in the verses of the Holy Qur'an is the developmental stages of a human being in the mother's womb. • It is stated in these verses that in the mother's womb, the bones develop first, and then the muscles form which wrap around them.

19. Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) - سورة المؤمنون 23:12

20. Surat Al-Mu'minūn(The Believers) - سورة المؤمنون 23:12

21. 23:13 Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) - سورة المؤمنون

22. 23:13 Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) - سورة المؤمنون

23. THE ‘ALAQ’ CLINGING TO THE UTERUS • Literally, the Arabic word alaqahhas three meanings: (1) leech (2) suspended thing (3) blood clot.

24. Similarities in appearance between a leech and a human embryo at the alaqah stage

25. The suspension of an embryo during the alaqah stage in the womb (uterus) of the mother-suspended thing

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29. Mudghah

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31. 23:14 Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) - سورة المؤمنون

32. Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) - سورة المؤمنون 23:14

33. Surat Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) - سورة المؤمنون 23:14

34. The Wrapping of Muscles over the Bones

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47. The Wrapping of Muscles over the Bones Then these bones are covered with muscle cells. Allah describes this development with the verse: "… [We then] formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh."

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50. Surat Az-Zumar (The Troops) - سورة الزمر 39:6