Semen Production in the Quran: Difference between revisions

==Analysis==

{{Quote|Dr Maurice Bucaille|"Two verses in the Qur'an deal with sexual relations themselves...When translations and explanatory commentaries are consulted however, one is struck by the divergences between them. I have pondered for a long time on the translation of such verses (In plain English that means there is "an improbability or a contradiction, prudishly called a `difficulty'" ), and am indebted to Doctor A. K. Giraud, Former Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, for the following:  

Furthermore, Abd-Allah’s reference to Ibn Kathir’s tafsir is disingenuous as he only mentions the one half of the description which supports his case (i.e. ''tara’ib'' refers to the woman), while leaving out the other half that contradicts it (i.e. ''tara’ib'' is the woman’s ribs).

{{Quote|Dr Zakir Naik|Man Created From A Drop Emitted From Between The Back Bone And The Ribs

Note that the inferior pole of the kidney lies around ''L3'' (the third lumbar vertebra), thus the embryonic testes must be below ''L3''. The twelth rib does not extend below ''L2''. Since the testes are '''below''' the kidneys, there is no possibility that the testes were ever between the ribs and the backbone either in the embryonic or the adult (as with cryptorchidism) stage.

Further, it seems disingenuous to interpret a ‘drop emitted, proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs’ to mean the embryonic development of the testes, as the ‘drop emitted’ suggests a fully developed and functional testes, rather than an embryonic structure. Embryonic testes do not emit, ejaculate, gush forth, pour forth, spurt or ejaculate any substance; only the peri- and post-pubertal testes do.

Lastly, Naik’s explanation of the nerve, blood and lymphatic circular from the abdominal aorta is irrelevant and constitutes the logical fallacy of the red herring. This is because verses 85:6 speak about ‘a drop emitted’, commonly taken to mean semen and semen only as this drop is directly responsible for human reproduction, something which cannot be claimed for nerve signals, blood or lymph. Further, circulation and nerve supply do not correlate with embryonic origin. For example, the blood supply, lymphatics and nerve supply of the lower limbs originate in the abdomen and pelvis. Does that mean the lower limbs embryonically originated in the abdomen and pelvis? No it does not.

{{Quote||Badawi must assume that "gushing fluid poured forth" refers to the aorta which according to a book cited by him, Clinical Anatomy, supplies the testes and ovaries with the necessary nutrients and this is what the Quran refers to.<ref>[http://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/wonders.htm A Christian Response to Dr. Jamal Badawi's "Seven Wonders of The Quran"] - Answering-Islam.org </ref>}}

*[http://www.islam-watch.org/SyedKamranMirza/Quran-Human-Embryology.htm Science in Quran: Ambiguity of Human Embryology]

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