Semen Production in the Quran: Difference between revisions

* 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).<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/masad02/086.html The Message of the Quran - Muhammad Asad] - Surah 86 </ref>|Muhammad Asad}}  

Even if we accept Muhammad Asad’s definition of ''sulb'' as the male loins, it is a stretch of the imagination to accept that sexual reproduction is the consequence of a union between the male loins and the female pelvic arch. Note that the tafsir does not claim ''tara’ib'' means the pelvis, but the pelvic arch which is a specific part of the pelvis. This suggests that a claim of euphemism cannot apply due to the specificity of the description.