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In 1986 he wrote that "The drop or nutfa [in Surah 23:13] has been interpreted as the sperm or spermatozoon, but a more meaningful interpretation would be the zygote which divides to form a blastocyst which is implanted in the uterus ("a place of rest"),"<ref>A Scientist's Interpretation of References to Embryology in the Qur'an. Journal of the Islamic Medical Association, 1986: vol.18, Page 15-16 .</ref> but in the 8<sup>th</sup> edition of The Developing Human (published 2007), he writes that "Growth of science was slow during the medieval period... human beings [according to the Qur'an] are produced from a mixture of secretions from the male and female. Several references are made to the creation of a human being from a nutfa (small drop). It also states that the resulting organism settles in the womb like a seed, 6 days after its beginning."<ref>Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud, Chapter 1 - HISTORICAL GLEANINGS - The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 8th edition, 2007, ISBN: 978-1416037064</ref> | In 1986 he wrote that "The drop or nutfa [in Surah 23:13] has been interpreted as the sperm or spermatozoon, but a more meaningful interpretation would be the zygote which divides to form a blastocyst which is implanted in the uterus ("a place of rest"),"<ref>A Scientist's Interpretation of References to Embryology in the Qur'an. Journal of the Islamic Medical Association, 1986: vol.18, Page 15-16 .</ref> but in the 8<sup>th</sup> edition of The Developing Human (published 2007), he writes that "Growth of science was slow during the medieval period... human beings [according to the Qur'an] are produced from a mixture of secretions from the male and female. Several references are made to the creation of a human being from a nutfa (small drop). It also states that the resulting organism settles in the womb like a seed, 6 days after its beginning."<ref>Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud, Chapter 1 - HISTORICAL GLEANINGS - The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 8th edition, 2007, ISBN: 978-1416037064</ref> | ||
==Denial of Involvement== | ==Denial of Involvement== | ||