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===Surah 86:6-7===
===Surah 86:6-7===


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'''Pickthal:''' He is created from a gushing fluid}}
'''Pickthal:''' He is created from a gushing fluid}}


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(Sperma is a Late Latin word meaning seed, semen).
(Sperma is a Late Latin word meaning seed, semen).
===Supporting evidence in other verses and hadith===
Independant corroboration that sulb in the Qur'an refers to the back or backbone is found in another verse on the same subject using a different word for back. Verse 7:172 says that the offspring of the children of Adam are from their backs (loins). Instead of sulb, the word here is thahr, which means the back<ref>thahr - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume5/00000212.pdf Lane's Lexicon Book I page 197]</ref>, as is clearly the case in other verses such as {{Quran|6|31}}.
{{Quote|{{Quran|7|172}}|When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants...}}
Arabic: مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ
Transliteration: min banee adama min thuhoorihim thurriyyatahum
Literal: from the children of Adam, from their backs their offspring
One other verse in the Qur'an uses the word sulb. In this case there is no mention of tara'ib. Here children simply originate in men's backs.
{{Quote|{{Quran|4|23}}|Forbidden unto you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters [...] and the wives of your sons who (spring) from your own loins}}
And slightly more explicitly, a hadith in Sahih Bukhari (also in {{Muslim|39|6733}}) uses sulb to say that Adam's future descendants were in his back before they were even conceived.
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|55|551}}|The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Allah will say to that person of the (Hell) Fire who will receive the least punishment, 'If you had everything on the earth, would you give it as a ransom to free yourself (i.e. save yourself from this Fire)?' He will say, 'Yes.' Then Allah will say, 'While you were in the backbone of Adam, I asked you much less than this, i.e. not to worship others besides Me, but you insisted on worshipping others besides me.' "}}


===Apologetic Claims===
===Apologetic Claims===
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