Biology & the Quran
Islamic theology has much to say regarding biology; specifically, human reproduction. Was the Quran ahead of its time in this area of science? Take a scroll below and find out.
Biology & the Quran
Islamic theology has much to say regarding biology; specifically, human reproduction. Was the Quran ahead of its time in this area of science? Take a scroll below and find out.
The Origins of Man
86:5. "Now let man but think from what he is created! He is created from a drop emitted. Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs."First it should be noted that the above passage is not poetic. In its context 86:5 lists a variety of natural wonders which are given as a "sign" of God's goodness for all men to see. With that in mind the author of the above passage from the Quran tells us that sperm (drop emitted) comes from the area of the body "between the backbone and the ribs." In actuality, sperm is produced and stored in the scrotum; more technically, in the system of tubes in the testicles which are located in the scrotum. The scrotum is not located between the back and the ribs. (If yours is, contact us and we'll refer you so somebody.) Can the Quran be the Word of God and be wrong about reproduction, which God created?
Human Reproduction
23:14. "Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood, then of that clot we made a lump; then We made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh; the We developed out of it another creature."There are four orders of error in this small passage. However, it is no fault of Mohammad, he did not have the technology available to discover the thruth about embriology through observation.
1st error Ñ "congealed blood." The cells which begin to form blood, much less clotting agents, do not begin formation until the fourth week of pregnancy. After the joining of the sperm and egg into a morula, there is not blood or clotting agent yet in formation.
2nd error Ñ "clot." This is mentioned as an additional error since the concept of a clot or collection of blood cells is implied twice in this short passage.
3rd and 4th errors Ñ "bones." The roder presented in the Quran is fertilization, blood (or cell) formation, bones, then flesh. This is untrue. Organs and flesh are actually the first that begin cellular divsion and formation. Later, as the child grows, bone structures begin to develop along with organs and flesh.
Any of these, and the other readily available facts regarding human reproduction can be looked up in an encyclopedia and compared with the Quran. Can the Quran be the Word of God and be wrong about reproduction, which God created?
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