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==History of Embryology== | ==History of Embryology== | ||
<center>''This [[timelines|timeline]] shows how [[Embryology in Islamic Scripture|Islamic embryology]], and even the vaguest interpretations of [[Embryology in the Quran|Qur'anic embryology]], <BR>introduced nothing new to [[Islam and Science|science]] and can easily be explained as drawing on previous, inaccurate theories'' | <center>''This [[timelines|timeline]] shows how [[Embryology in Islamic Scripture|Islamic embryology]], and even the vaguest interpretations of [[Embryology in the Quran|Qur'anic embryology]], <BR>introduced nothing new to [[Islam and Science|science]] and can easily be explained as drawing on previous, inaccurate theories''</center> | ||
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“The Prophet said, "Allah puts an angel in charge of the uterus and the angel says, 'O Lord, (it is) semen! O Lord, (it is now) a clot! O Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete its creation, the angel asks, 'O Lord, (will it be) a male or a female?”<ref>{{Bukhari|8|77|594}}</ref><BR>"Verily We created man from a product of wet earth; Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging; Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a little lump, then fashioned We the little lump bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and then produced it as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!"<ref>{{cite Quran|23|12|end=14|style=ref}}</ref> | “The Prophet said, "Allah puts an angel in charge of the uterus and the angel says, 'O Lord, (it is) semen! O Lord, (it is now) a clot! O Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete its creation, the angel asks, 'O Lord, (will it be) a male or a female?”<ref>{{Bukhari|8|77|594}}</ref><BR>"Verily We created man from a product of wet earth; Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging; Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a little lump, then fashioned We the little lump bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and then produced it as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!"<ref>{{cite Quran|23|12|end=14|style=ref}}</ref> | ||
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It appears there is not a single statement contained within the [[Qur'an]] or [[hadith]] literature relating to modern embryology that was not well known through direct observation by the ancient Greek and Indian physicians many centuries before the Qur'an was ever revealed. Moreover, much of what the Qur'an actually does contain pertaining to embryology is scientifically inaccurate. | It appears there is not a single statement contained within the [[Qur'an]] or [[hadith]] literature relating to modern embryology that was not well known through direct observation by the ancient Greek and Indian physicians many centuries before the Qur'an was ever revealed. Moreover, much of what the Qur'an actually does contain pertaining to embryology is scientifically inaccurate. | ||
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==Evidence of influence== | ==Evidence of influence== | ||
The purpose of this section is to demonstrate the influence of ideas from other cultures on the Qur’an and hadith regarding reproduction. It will go without saying that these ideas are inaccurate compared with current [[Islam and Science|scientific]] knowledge of [[reproduction]] and [[embryology]]. All Qur’an | The purpose of this section is to demonstrate the influence of ideas from other cultures on the Qur’an and hadith regarding reproduction. It will go without saying that these ideas are inaccurate compared with current [[Islam and Science|scientific]] knowledge of [[reproduction]] and [[embryology]]. All Qur’an quotes are from Yusuf Ali’s translation. | ||
===A mingled drop=== | ===A mingled drop=== | ||