THREE STAGES OF THE BABY IN THE WOMB The Quran tells us that man is created in a three-stage process in the mother’s womb. “He creates you stage by stage in your mothers’ wombs in a threefold darkness. That is God, your Lord. Sovereignty is His. There is no god but Him. So what made you deviate?” (The Quran, 39:6) As we learn from this verse of the Quran that a human being is created in three different stages in the mother’s womb. Today, in all the embryology text books studied in the faculties of medicine, this subject is taken as an element of basic knowledge. We learn from the modern biology that : “The life in the uterus has three stages: pre-embryonic; first two and a half weeks, embryonic; until the end of the 8th week, and fetal; from the 8th week to labor.” Pre-embryonic stage: In this first phase, the zygote grows by division, and when it becomes a cell cluster, it buries itself in the wall of the uterus. While they continue growing, the cells organize themselves in three layers. Embryonic stage: The second phase lasts for five and a half weeks during which the baby is called an “embryo”. In this stage, the basic organs and systems of the body start to appear from the cell layers. Fetal stage: From this stage on, the embryo is called a “foetus”. This phase begins at the 8th week of gestation and lasts until the moment of birth. The distinctive character of this stage is that the foetus looks just like a human being, with its face, hands and feet. Although it is only 3 cm. long initially, all of its organs have become apparent. This phase lasts for about 30 weeks and development continues until the week of delivery. Is it not amazing that 1400 years ago when Biology and medical science had not achieved the present day perfection, the Quran had revealed what was discovered by the Scientists only recently? Is it not clear evidence that the Quran is not the word of man, but the word of Allah?
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:18:35 +0000
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