The embryo, however, does not spend its developmental period in a void. It clings to the uterus just like roots that are firmly fixed to the earth by their tendrils. Through this bond, the embryo can obtain the substances essential to its development from the mothers body.(16) Here, at this point, a very significant miracle of the Quran is revealed. While referring to the embryo developing in the mothers womb, God uses the word alaq in the Quran: Recite: In the name of your Lord Who created man from alaq. Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous. (The Quran, 96:1-3) The meaning of the word alaq in Arabic is a thing that clings to some place. The word is literally used to describe leeches that cling to a body to suck blood. Certainly, the use of such an appropriate word for the embryo developing in the mothers womb, proves once again that the Quran is a revelation from God, the Lord of all the Worlds. The wrapping of muscles over the bones Another important aspect of the information given in the verses of the Quran is the developmental stages of a human being in the mothers womb. It is stated in the verses that in the mothers womb, the bones develop first, and then the muscles form which wrap around them. (We) then formed the drop into a clot and formed the clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature. Blessed be God, the Best of Creators! (The Quran, 23:14) The bones of the baby completing its development in the mothers womb are clothed with flesh during one particular stage. Embryology is the branch of science that studies the development of the embryo in the mothers womb. Until very recently, embryologists assumed that the bones and muscles in an embryo developed at the same time. For this reason, for a long time, some people claimed that these verses conflicted with science. Yet, advanced microscopic research conducted by virtue of new technological developments has revealed that the revelation of the Quran is word for word correct. These observations at the microscopic level showed that the development inside the mothers womb takes place in just the way it is described in the verses. First, the cartilage tissue of the embryo ossifies. Then muscular cells that are selected from amongst the tissue around the bones come together and wrap around the bones. This event is described in a scientific publication titled Developing Human in the following words: During the seventh week, the skeleton begins to spread throughout the body and the bones take their familiar shapes. At the end of the seventh week and during the eighth week the muscles take their positions around the bone forms.(17)
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