The word "Alaq" besides meaning a congealed clot of blood also means something which clings, a leech-like substance.
Dr. Keith Moore had no knowledge whether an embryo in the initial stages appears like a leech. To check this out he studied the initial stage of the embryo under a very powerful microscope in his laboratory and compared what he observed with a diagram of a leech- he was astonished at the resemblance between the two!
In this same manner he acquired more information on embryology (which was hitherto not known to him) from the Qur'an.
Prof. Keith Moore had earlier authored the book, "The Developing Human". After acquiring new knowledge from the Qur'an, he wrote, in 1992, a new edition, (the 3rd edition of the same book) for which he got an award for the best medical book written by a single author.
The Qur'an mentions in Surah Al-Tariq (chapter no. 86), verses 5-7; (86: 5-7)
"Now let man but think from what he is created! He is created from a drop emitted proceeding from between the back bone and the ribs".
In embryonic stages, the reproductive organs of the male and female, ie. the testicles and the ovaries, begin their development near the kidney exactly between the spinal column and the eleventh and twelfth ribs. Later they descend; the female gonads (ovaries) stop in the pelvis while the male gonads continue their decent before birth to reach the scrotum outside the body through the inguinal canal. Even after the embryonic stage after the decent of the reproductive organ, these organs receive their nerve supply and blood supply (from the Aorta) and lymphatic drainage which is in the area between the backbone (spinal column) and the ribs
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The word "Alaq" besides meaning a congealed clot of blood also means something which clings, a leech-like substance.
Dr. Keith Moore had no knowledge whether an embryo in the initial stages appears like a leech. To check this out he studied the initial stage of the embryo under a very powerful microscope in his laboratory and compared what he observed with a diagram of a leech- he was astonished at the resemblance between the two!
In this same manner he acquired more information on embryology (which was hitherto not known to him) from the Qur'an.
Prof. Keith Moore had earlier authored the book, "The Developing Human". After acquiring new knowledge from the Qur'an, he wrote, in 1992, a new edition, (the 3rd edition of the same book) for which he got an award for the best medical book written by a single author.
The Qur'an mentions in Surah Al-Tariq (chapter no. 86), verses 5-7; (86: 5-7)
"Now let man but think from what he is created! He is created from a drop emitted proceeding from between the back bone and the ribs".
In embryonic stages, the reproductive organs of the male and female, ie. the testicles and the ovaries, begin their development near the kidney exactly between the spinal column and the eleventh and twelfth ribs. Later they descend; the female gonads (ovaries) stop in the pelvis while the male gonads continue their decent before birth to reach the scrotum outside the body through the inguinal canal. Even after the embryonic stage after the decent of the reproductive organ, these organs receive their nerve supply and blood supply (from the Aorta) and lymphatic drainage which is in the area between the backbone (spinal column) and the ribs