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Formation of bones.
Covering of bones with flesh.
THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING ISLAM
Development of the embryo into a different form, wherein the
proportioning of the body takes place and life is breathed into it.
The human embryo goes through a number of stages within three
darknesses, as Allah () says:
He created you (all) from a single person (Adam); then made from him
his wife [Hawwa' (Eve)]. And He has sent down for you of cattle eight
pairs (of the sheep, two, male and female; of the goats, two, male and
female; of the oxen, two, male and female; and of the camels, two, male and
female). He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after
creation in three veils of darkness, such is Allah your Lord. His is the
kingdom, Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He).
How then are you turned away? (39:6)
This verse states that the
embryo is covered in three
coverings, referred to as
“darknesses” in this verse.
Water, air, light and heat cannot
penetrate these coverings.
Nor can they be seen with the
naked eye.
Dr. Maurice Bucaille 21 said:
‘Modern interpreters of the
Qur’an see in this verse the three
anatomical layers that protect
the infant during gestation:
the abdominal wall, the uterus
itself, and the surroundings of
the fetus (placenta, embryonic
membranes, amniotic fluid).’ 22
Umbilical cord
Amniochorionic
membrane
Amnion
Smooth chorion
Decidua parietalis
Maternal blood in
intervillous space
Chorionic villus
Spiral endometrial arteries
Decidua basalis
Chorionic plate
Uterine cavity
Mucous plug
Vagina
Drawing of a sagittal section of a gravid uterus
at 4 weeks showing the relation of the fetal
membranes to each other and to the deciduas
and embryo.
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