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While the verb yakhruju (he/it comes forth) has a quite general meaning in the Quran, critics note that it is used in {{Quran|16|69}} in relation to honey coming forth from the bellies of bees, and in {{Quran|2|74}} in relation to rivers coming forth from rocks. | While the verb yakhruju (he/it comes forth) has a quite general meaning in the Quran, critics note that it is used in {{Quran|16|69}} in relation to honey coming forth from the bellies of bees, and in {{Quran|2|74}} in relation to rivers coming forth from rocks. | ||
Critics of the childbirth interpretation further note that it is helpful to look at the verses in their immediate context, where the topic is the humble substance from which man is created, and with such power Allah will also be able to resurrect him. | Critics of the childbirth interpretation further note that it is helpful to look at the verses in their immediate context, where the topic is the humble substance from which man is created, and with such power Allah will also be able to resurrect him. The same sequence occurs in {{Quran-range|80|18|22}} for comparison. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|86|5|8}}|5 So let man observe '''from what''' he was created.<BR /> | {{Quote|{{Quran-range|86|5|8}}|5 So let man observe '''from what''' he was created.<BR /> | ||
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8 Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.}} | 8 Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.}} | ||
Moreover, there is no thumma or fa (both meaning "then") between verses 6 and 7, unlike other verses describing stages of conception through to birth. Therefore, these two verses seem to describe a single process. | Moreover, there is no thumma or fa (both meaning "then") between verses 6 and 7, unlike all other verses describing stages of conception through to birth ({{Quran|18|37}}, {{Quran|22|5}}, {{Quran|35|11}}, {{Quran|40|67}}, {{Quran-range|23|13|14}}, and {{Quran-range|75|37|39}}). Therefore, these two verses seem to describe a single process. | ||
Critics further note that the womb and fetus during pregnancy and childbirth are obviously not located within the mother's ribcage | Critics further note that the womb and fetus during pregnancy and childbirth are obviously not located within the mother's ribcage. Therefore it is not plausible that the author would describe a newborn child as coming forth from between a woman's backbone and ribs. | ||
===Muhammad Asad - loins and pelvic arch=== | ===Muhammad Asad - loins and pelvic arch=== | ||
{{Quote||(5) LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:<br>(6) he has been created out of a seminal fluid<br>(7) issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].<br> | {{Quote||(5) LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:<br>(6) he has been created out of a seminal fluid<br>(7) issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].<br> | ||