Holy Quran and Anatomy Study

Quran has revealed absolute facts about anatomy in its true perspective some 1400 years ago. This
can be a fruit of thought for us Surrah Al-Qiyâmah - RESURRECTION - No 75 - Verse: 4 For Us to
do so is not difficult at all. We have the power to reconstruct the faculties which establish his life and which
give him control over the use of other things. - verse 4

Surrah Al-Qiyâmah - RESURRECTION - No 75 - Verse: 36-39

The biggest mistake of man is that he thinks that life has neither any objective, nor a destination. He thinks
that life has neither any established path, nor any directives guiding him to the right way. He believes he
has been left alone (like a stray camel) to do whatever he chooses and go wherever he likes. Consequently
man only works towards the physical gains of life, without trying to develop his own personality. Thus all
his life’s efforts go to waste (despite the fact that life is the integration of short term and long term gains).
(In other words, it is the integration of the worldly objectives and the principles of Deen. If Deen and
worldly life; the spirit and matter; and permanent values as well as political and social ways are not
integrated properly, then the purpose of human life cannot be achieved. Divine guidance teaches such
integration and thus makes human effort meaningful.)
verse 36

He should bear in mind that he has passed through various stages of evolution to attain the human form. In
the beginning he was a drop of semen which was dropped in the womb; verse 37

Then in the mother's womb He formed it into an embryo that was suspended and by various combinations,
and fashioned it into an excellently proportioned shape; (and) verse 38

Due to its distinction into sexes, male and female were paired. verse 39

Surrah AsSajdah - PROSTRATION - No 32 - Verse: 7- 9

For this purpose He has maintained an excellent balance in the creation of everything; and one of His
schemes is the creation of man. (After the scheme was established in His Aalm-e-Amr) man’s creation was
initiated from inorganic matter which before you, was lying lifeless in the form of clay. verse 7

(Then this inorganic matter became mixed with water ~ 37:11 ~ and the first life cell appeared. As this
process continued through various stages of evolution and reached a point where, from the cohabitation of a
male and a female, man's progeny started through procreation.)
verse 8

Thereafter, God’s Law creates proper balance in the unborn baby. (Up to this stage the process of creation
is common between man and animal. However after this, human beings go through a different emergent
and evolutionary process which is completely different from that of animals. That is) God infuses into man
a spark of His Divine Energy (which is called 'human personality' and which gives him ability for
discretion and choice). verse 9

Surrah An-Najm - THE STAR - No 53 - Verse: 45- 47

(The life and death of nations is subject to these Divine Laws in a manner similar to an individual’s birth,
growth and death.) According to the same law, the birth of a human being takes place when the
reproductive materials intermix following which the males and females are born. verse 45 - 46
Up to this level of creation human beings and animals are alike. However later, He raises a human being in
a totally different way. (He instills in him a ray of divine energy that enables him to exercise choice and
discretion.) verse 47

Surrah Al-'Alaq - THE CLOT, READ - No 96 - Verse: 1 - 2

O Messenger! You should proclaim the attribute of Rabubiyyat of your Rabb, Who is the Creator of the
universe. Proclaim that the One who has created living beings has also created means for their nourishment
verse 1

Man however differs from everything else. On the one hand he happens to be social and has to live
alongside other people. On the other, if he was not guided by the Wahi, everyone would adhere to the
means of nourishment like leeches; and continue sucking the blood of other people (17:100; 70:19). verse 2

Surrah Az-Zumar - THE TROOPS - No 39 - Verse: 6 He initiated your creation from a single living cell
(6:79) and then caused it to split into two parts, one becoming the male and the other female. He also
created eight types of cattle (namely camel, cow, sheep and goats, all in pairs ~ 6:144-145). When you are
still in the mothers womb, He fashions you, inculcating creative changes in different stages. These changes
constitute one act of creation after another; and all this takes place (not in one but) under three veils3 of
darkness.
verse 6

Surrah Al-Mu'minûn - THE BELIEVERS - No 23 - Verse: 14 Thereafter, out of the drop of semen, We
created a suspended zygote (like a leech). From the zygote We created an embryonic lump. Next We
fashioned the bones; which We then clothed with flesh. verse 14

Surrah Al-Mursalât - THE EMISSARIES - No 23 - Verse: 20 - 22 (Just ask them to consider the process
of their own creation and the many evolutionary stages they have passed through.) We created you from a
fluid which was very insignificant; verse 20

Then We placed it in a firm and secure place (the womb) where it lodged into the feminine egg (23:13).
verse 21

There it continued to receive nourishment and developed according to measures determinedby Us. verse 22

Surrah Al-Mu'minûn - THE BELIEVERS - No 23-Verse:12 - 14 (This is so because human life is not
like that of animals. The status of ‘human life’ has been achieved after successfully passing through the
steps of 'animal life'; and it will continue passing through various other stages of development.) As regards
the various stages of animal life, We initiated its creation from the quintessence of clay (inorganic matter).
(22:5) verse 12

(Thereafter our programme of creation reached a stage when further procreation continued by conception.)
We caused it to be a drop of semen which was deposited in the female ovum (in the womb). verse 13

Thereafter, out of the drop of semen, We created a suspended zygote (like a leech). From the zygote We
created an embryonic lump. Next We fashioned the bones; which We then clothed with flesh.(Up to this
point all stages are accomplished like normal animal life. But) Thereafter We infuse a speck of Divine
Energy into it (32:7-9) and cause it to emerge as an entirely new creation (71:14). This new creation, which
is totally different from other animals, is the human being.Just think of the great possibilities which Allah's
Law of creation has. (Although man also creates various things, there is a world of difference between his
creations and those of Allah.) verse 14