Semen Production in the Quran: Difference between revisions

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(7) issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].
(7) issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].


* The plural noun tara'ib, rendered by me as "pelvic arch", has also the meaning of "ribs" or "arch of bones"; according to most of the authorities who have specialized in the etymology of rare Quranic expressions this term relates specifically to female anatomy (Taj al-'Arus).}}  
<nowiki>*</nowiki> The plural noun tara'ib, rendered by me as "pelvic arch", has also the meaning of "ribs" or "arch of bones"; according to most of the authorities who have specialized in the etymology of rare Quranic expressions this term relates specifically to female anatomy (Taj al-'Arus).}}  


Even if Asad’s definition of ''sulb'' as the male loins is accepted, it is a stretch to accept that sexual reproduction is the consequence of a union between the male loins and the female pelvic arch.  
Even if Asad’s definition of ''sulb'' as the male loins is accepted, it is a stretch to accept that sexual reproduction is the consequence of a union between the male loins and the female pelvic arch.  
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