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===Context explaining the 'errors'=== | |||
All the information from the Qur’an and the undisputed Hadith concerning embryology so | |||
gathered, after being translated into English and presented to Prof. (Dr.) Keith Moore, Professor of | |||
Embryology and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Toronto, in canada. At | |||
present he is one of the highest authorities in the field of Embryology. | |||
He was asked to give his opinion regarding the material presented to him. After carefully | |||
examining it, Dr. Moore said that most of the information concerning embryology mentioned in | |||
the Qur’an and the undisputed Hadith is in perfect conformity with modern discoveries in the | |||
field of embryology and does not conflict with them in any way. He added that there were a few | |||
verses however, on whose scientific accuracy he could not comment. He could not say whether | |||
the statements were true or false, since he was himself unaware of the information contained | |||
therein. There was also no mention of this information in modern writings and studies on | |||
embryology. | |||
One such verse is: | |||
“Proclaim! (or Read!) In the name of thy Lord | |||
and Cherisher, Who created – Created man, out of a (mere) | |||
clot of congealed blood.” | |||
[Al-Qur’an 96:1-2] | |||
The Arabic word alaq, besides meaning a congealed clot of blood, also means | |||
something that clings, a leech-like substance. | |||
Dr. Keith Moore had no knowledge whether an embryo in the initial stages appears like a leech. | |||
To check this out he studied the initial stage of the embryo under a very powerful microscope | |||
and compared what he observed with the diagram of a leech. He was astonished at the striking | |||
resemblance between the two! | |||
Dr. Keith Moore answered about eighty questions dealing with embryological data mentioned | |||
in the Qur’an and Hadith. Noting that the information contained in the Qur’an and Hadith was | |||
in full agreement with the latest discoveries in the field of embryology, Prof. Moore said, “If I | |||
was asked these questions thirty years ago, I would not have been able to answer half of them | |||
for lack of scientific information”. | |||
In 1981, during the Seventh Medical Conference in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Moore said, “It | |||
has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Qur’an about human | |||
development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from God | |||
or Allah, because almost all of this knowledge was not discovered until many centuries later. | |||
This proves to me that Muhammad must have been a messenger of God or Allah. | |||
Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at the | |||
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, U.S.A., proclaims: “...these Hadiths, sayings of | |||
Muhammad (pbuh), could not have been obtained on the basis of the scientific knowledge that | |||
was available at the time of the writer (implying in the 7th century). It follows that not only is | |||
there no conflict between genetics and religion (implying Islam) but in fact religion (Islam) may | |||
guide science by adding revelation to some of the traditional scientific approaches . . . there | |||
exist statements in the Qur’an shown centuries later to be valid which support knowledge in the | |||
Qur’an having been derived from God.” | |||
In embryonic stages, the reproductive organs of the male and female, i.e. the testicles and the | |||
ovaries, begin their development near the kidney between the spinal column and the eleventh | |||
and twelfth ribs. Later they descend; the female gonads (ovaries) stop in the pelvis while the | |||
male gonads (testicles) continue their descent before birth to reach the scrotum through the | |||
inguinal canal. Even in adulthood after the descent of the reproductive organs, these organs | |||
receive their nerve supply and blood supply from the Abdominal Aorta, which is in the area | |||
between the backbone (spinal column) and the ribs. The lymphatic drainage and the venous | |||
return also go to the same area. | |||
===Sperm comes from between the spine/backbone and ribs=== | ===Sperm comes from between the spine/backbone and ribs=== | ||