Skip to main content
Ahadiths》 the History of Embryology Bears Witness to the Error of Atheists

Embryology in the Quran and Sunnah: How the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Knew What Science Took 1400 Years to Discover

31 min read 6964 words

Does Embryology Prove that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Central Question Does Embryology Prove that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah Who Created, Shaped and Brought into Existence Embryos??

Perhaps this topic answers this question and leaves the judgment to the rational listener.

When did embryologists and masters of medicine and anatomy know that humans are created from a sperm cell — and not from the sperm of a man or a woman only? This is the question that the topic revolves around.

The History of Embryology — From Aristotle to the Microscope

In the past, people’s thoughts were haunted by questions about how an individual is formed before birth. Since 340 BC, Aristotle was conducting his observations on chicken embryos, and he described them using only his naked eye. His work was a symbol of the beginning of the transformation of human thought from superstition and intuition to observation.

Aristotle — 340 BC Aristotle (340 BC) — the beginning of observational embryology.

The situation remained this way until approximately the seventeenth century, when the microscope developed into a more efficient instrument.

  • In 1672 AD, the scientist De Graaf discovered the egg — the ovarian follicles.
  • In 1677 AD, the scientists (Hamm) and (Leeuwenhoek) discovered the male gamete — the sperm in the semen.

Until then, the importance of these gametes in embryonic formation was not understood. At first, it was thought that they were parasites, but they were given an important role after their reality was confirmed. They were suggested as a carrier of the tiny embryo instead of the egg, while the latter (the egg) provides the place and food necessary for growth, just as seeds grow in the soil. Hence the name Semen or Sperm, which means seed.

fetch ee2900250964d6e2
fetch ee2900250964d6e2

Regnier de Graaf (30 July 1641 – 17 August 1673) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnier_de_Graaf
On the Margin — Early Microscopes

Robert Hooke’s Microscope — Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703)

fetch 0429a67fa3494ad0
fetch 0429a67fa3494ad0

Invented by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 AD – 1723 AD) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek

The Preformation Theory and the Two Competing Groups

With the advent of the microscope, a new theory emerged: the Preformation Theory. Malpighi claimed in (1673) that he saw a complete small chicken embryo in the unincubated egg, and therefore the process of embryonic formation is nothing but the growth of the small embryo and the extension of its parts and increasing their density, just as a plant bud grows. This theory was widely accepted and prevailed in the scientific community for nearly a century.

Buffon (1760) stated that he had examined a number of eggs at different stages of incubation, and that he was convinced that the chicken embryo was present in the center of the egg from the moment it left the chicken’s body. Researchers interested in studying insects, such as Swammerdam (1637-1680), made similar observations. It seems that these researchers were unable to distinguish between the egg and the cocoon, because their description applied to the latter.

Marcello Malpighi Marcello Malpighi — an Italian physician and the most brilliant anatomist of his time. Marcello Malpighi (March 10, 1628 - March 30, 1694)

At that time, two groups appeared who believed in the theory of preformation with two different concepts:

  • The first group claimed that the egg contains a complete embryo in miniature and that it is stimulated to grow, and its parts enlarge by semen.
  • The second group claimed that the sperm contained this complete fetus and that the egg was merely a storehouse for its nourishment, and this fetus was called (the miniature individual) — Homunculus.

For a period of time, it seemed to the first group that it was superior in its claim over the second group, when Bonnet discovered in 1745 AD that the eggs of some insects could develop parthenogenetically without fertilization.

Side Note So the prevailing theories are: one that says that the embryo is completely inside the egg and the other that the embryo is completely inside the sperm. https://morphologicaldesign.blogspot.com/

The Resolution — Spallanzani and Wolff

The debate between the two groups continued into the next century until it was settled by the studies of:

fetch 4d129d5d085f5907
fetch 4d129d5d085f5907

fetch 90574b37e11eea79
fetch 90574b37e11eea79

Spallanzani’s studies were a fundamental step in the emergence of the experimental method for solving embryological problems, as he was able to explain that the sexual gametes of both the male and female are necessary for the formation of the new individual.

The Preformation Theory — Details

On the Margin — The Preformation Theory and the Homunculus (Dwarf Fetus) The prevailing belief was that the fetus exists completely in the sperm even inside the man’s testicle, and when it settles in the uterus, it begins to grow in its condition and form.

fetch 5b4eb22c33845e0a
fetch 5b4eb22c33845e0a

fetch a8116dcce86ca0f9
fetch a8116dcce86ca0f9

fetch 90937f824988552b
fetch 90937f824988552b

fetch 3a6c9b90f2b94cd9
fetch 3a6c9b90f2b94cd9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preformationism

In the history of biology, preformationism (or preformism) is a formerly popular theory that organisms develop from miniature versions of themselves. Instead of assembly from parts, preformationists believed that the form of living things exist, in real terms, prior to their development. Preformationists suggested that all organisms were created at the same time, and that succeeding generations grow from homunculi, or animalcules, that have existed since the beginning of creation.

https://web.archive.org/web/20130324021326/http://www.disinfo.com/2013/03/the-preformationist-explanation-of-reproduction-and-the-creation-of-life

Preformationism — Wikipedia In the history of biology, preformationism (or preformism) is a formerly-popular theory that organisms develop from miniature versions of themselves. Instead of assembly from parts, preformationists believed that the form of living things exist, in real terms, prior to their development. It suggests that all organisms were created at the same time, and that succeeding generations grow from homunculi, or animalcules, that have existed since the beginning of creation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preformationism
Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733 - 1794) — Founder of Modern Embryology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Friedrich_Wolff

As for the scientist Wolff, who was a contemporary of Spallanzani, he wrote a wonderful treatise in which he explained his opinion on another theory: the theory of cumulative formation (Epigenesis). Wolff explained that he did not see a small embryo inside the unincubated egg and showed that the embryo arises from a granular substance in the unincubated chicken egg. It does not contain any small embryo. This substance undergoes gradual changes and is arranged in layers that lead to the formation of the embryo.

http://www.biology-online.org/articl…p-figures.html

Side Note Note that the scientist Wolff began to see with the old microscope that the embryo is formed in stages and phases by seeing gradual changes that lead to the formation of the embryo — and not a small embryo growing in the egg.

This opinion was supported by other scientists such as the scientist Carl Ernst Von Baer. This scientist has a great merit in embryology and he is the one who launched a law named after him — Beer’s Law — which states that the basic general characteristics of a group of animals appear first during embryonic formation before the special characteristics that distinguish the different individuals of that group, such as the appearance of the characteristic of the notochord for the group of chordates before the characteristic of feathers for birds or the characteristic of hair for mammals (birds and mammals belong to the phylum Chordata). This scientist is the one who laid the foundations for our knowledge about germ layers in embryos as well.

After embryology advanced further with the introduction of experimental embryology into research, the scientist Wilhelm Roux conducted an experiment in 1888 AD through which he concluded that the theory of pre-formation is correct. He destroyed one of the two cells resulting from the first cleavage of a frog egg with a very hot needle.

Wilhelm Roux (June 9, 1850 – September 15, 1924) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Roux

He noticed that the embryo formed from the other non-functional cell is incomplete, which supports the idea of pre-formation. Then it was found later that the survival of the destroyed cell with the cell forming the embryo led to this deficiency in the formed embryo. If the two living cells were separated from each other, each of them would form a complete embryo, as was experimentally proven by a number of scientists in later years extending to the year 1933 AD.

The Long Confusion of Science Thus, humanity was confused between two theories, each of which disregarded the other: the formation of the embryo in the man’s sperm or the formation of the embryo in the woman’s egg. The two theories agree on one thing, which is that the embryo is created complete in one of the two sperms (preformation theory). Of course, the three theories are wrong and their error was not proven until the eighteenth century. They prevailed among scientists glorified by atheists and called the forefathers of modern sciences. But when the truth appears on the tongue of an illiterate man in the desert in the sixth century AD, the matter is different for the atheist.

The Prophet’s Answer to the Jew — 1400 Years Ago

To prove this, let us return to the desert in the sixteenth century AD, hundreds of years before this confusion. We find the amazing wonder, as the Quraysh used to sit in the road and the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to sit with his companions. A Jew passed by them. They called out to him and said: “This man claims to be a prophet sent by Allah. Ask him about something that will embarrass him in front of his companions and reveal his lie. Allah forbid.”

Quraysh knew that the Jews were people of the Book and knew the heritage and prophecies that no one else knew. So the Jew went to ask the Prophet (PBUH) about something that would reveal to them that he was not a prophet from Allah Almighty.

The Hadith — Narrated by Imam Muslim The Jew said to him: “From what is man created?”

A question from 1400 years ago.

He (PBUH) said: “O Jew, man is created from everything, from the sperm of a man and from the sperm of a woman.”

Imam Muslim narrated on the authority of his chain of transmission that a Jew passed by the Prophet (PBUH) while he was talking to his companions. Quraysh said: “O Jew, this man claims to be a prophet.” The Jew said: “I will ask him about something that only a prophet knows.” He said: “O Muhammad, from what is man created?” The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:

The Answer of the Prophet ﷺ “O Jew, everything is created from the sperm of a man and the sperm of a woman.”

The Jew said: “Thus did those before you say” — that is, the prophets.

One of the atheists said about a hadith of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, that it is from the legends of the ancients.

The Three Scientific Myths Shattered by the Quran and Sunnah

So before we list the rest of the miracles and verses, we say that there are three scientific myths that the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet shatter:

The Three Myths The first myth: The fetus exists in the man’s sperm only.

The second myth: The fetus exists in the woman’s egg only.

The third myth: The fetus exists completely and integrated in one of the two sperms and does not go through the stages of creation.

Myth 1 and 2 — The Fetus Exists in Only One Parent’s Fluid

fetch 2da866d80f3b827c
fetch 2da866d80f3b827c

Hadith — Narrated by Al-Tabarani Al-Tabarani narrated with a chain of transmission on the authority of Mujahid, may God be pleased with him, that he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:

“God did not create the child except from the sperm of the man and the woman together.”

The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, explains the zygote — which is the process of forming a complete genome for a new human being, equally divided between the father and the mother ½ exactly as the words of the Noble Messenger expressed: “God did not create the child except from the sperm of the man and the woman together!”

fetch f46cd110471a03df
fetch f46cd110471a03df

The Master of Creation ﷺ “O Jew, from everything he is created, from the sperm of the man and from the sperm of the woman!”

fetch 07e16da70bc64ca0
fetch 07e16da70bc64ca0

Quranic Verse — Surah Al-Insan

Surah Al-Insan 76:1-3 {Has there not been over man a period of time when he was not a thing worth mentioning? Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing. Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or ungrateful.}

Linguistic interpretation:

Ibn Manzur said in Lisan Al-Arab: “Nutfah: Nutfah is a small pearl, and the singular is Natifah, and Nutafah is likened to a drop of water.”

Al-Zubaidi said in Taj al-Arus: “The ears of the cattle dripped, and dripped: became wet with water and dripped. Amshaj: plural of mashj, which is mixtures. It is said: I mixed this with this if I mixed it and it is mixed with it and mashij means mixed.”

Quranic Scientific Miracle — Genetic Mixing The Quran confirms that man was created from a sperm-drop mixture, and this is what modern science has proven and is called Mixing of gametes → the genetic mixing.

In biology, the term gametes is used — mixing, exactly in the English word Mixing — to name what happens from mixing and merging of the nuclei and genetic material of both the woman and the man when the first cell forming the human body is formed. This is called the genetic mixing / intra-chromosomic mixing more generally in genetics.

Look for a moment at the formation of the first cell of a human body in drawing C, and what happened first in drawing B: the mixing of his parents’ genes carried in their waters, which is what is expressed by the scientific phrase: “mixing of cell and chromosome of ovum and sperm.”

It is scientifically proven that a human being is a sperm cell — the first cell that forms his body.

Understanding of Classical Islamic Scholars

Ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310 AH) — Tafsir of Al-Insan 1-2 “Indeed, We created the offspring of Adam from a sperm-drop mixture: meaning from the man’s semen and the woman’s semen. Semen is any small amount of water in a container. His statement ‘mixed’ means mixtures, the singular of which is ‘mashj’ and ‘mashij’. It is said from it that if you mix this with this, you mix it, and it is mixed with it, and ‘mashij’ means mixed, and it is the mixing of the man’s semen with the woman’s semen.”
Al-Hasan Al-Basri “Mixed (means) mixing the man’s semen with the woman’s semen.”
Mujahid “Allah created the child from the man’s semen and the woman’s semen. Allah the Almighty said: {O mankind, indeed We have created you from a male and a female}.”
Ibn Kathir (d. 774 AH) — Tafsir of Surah Al-Insan “Allah the Almighty says, informing about man that he came into existence after he was nothing worth mentioning due to his weakness and insignificance. Allah the Almighty said: ‘Has there not been over man a period of time when he was not a thing worth mentioning?’ Then He explained that and said, the Most High: {Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture} meaning mixtures. Mixture and mingling are things that are mixed together.”
Ibn Abbas — on “From a sperm-drop mixture” “It means the man’s semen and the woman’s semen when they come together and mix, then move from one stage to another, from one state to another, and from one color to another.”

This is what Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan Al-Basri and Al-Rabi’ said: “Mixed semen is the mixing of the man’s semen with the woman’s semen.”

Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari — on Surah Al-Hujurat On the verse of Allah the Almighty: {O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another}, Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari said: “Allah the Almighty says: O mankind, indeed We have created you from male semen and female semen.”

Understanding of Hadith Scholars

Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 852 AH) — Fath al-Bari, Book of Fate, Vol. 11, P. 480 “Many anatomists claimed that the man’s semen has no effect on the child except in its contraction and that it is formed from menstrual blood, and the hadiths of the chapter invalidate that.”
Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 AH) — Al-Tibyan fi Aqsam al-Qur’an “The man’s semen alone does not produce a child unless it is mixed with another substance from the female.”

He also said: “The organs, parts and form are formed from the combination of the two fluids, and this is correct.”

The Encyclopedia Britannica on Gametes

Encyclopedia Britannica — Gamete “Sex, or reproductive, cell containing only one set of dissimilar chromosomes, or half of the genetic material necessary to form a complete organism (ie, haploid). During fertilization, male and female gametes fuse, containing a diploid (ie, paired chromosomes) zygote. Gametes may be identical in form (isogamy), as in the black mold (Rhizopus), or there may be more than one morphological type (heterogamy), as with many green algae of the genus Chlamydomonas. Gametes of animals, some algae and fungi, and all higher plants exhibit an advanced form of heterogamy called oogamy. In oogamy, one of the gametes is small and motile (the sperm), and the other is large and non-motile (the egg).”
Gamete — Britannica Definition A reproductive sex cell that contains a single different unit of chromosomes or half of the genetic material needed to form a complete organism (haploid). During fertilization, the male’s gametes fuse with the female to form a single cell containing a double number of chromosomes called the zygote. Gametes can be similar in shape, such as the black mold (Rhizopus) or there can be more than one morphological form (Heterogamy).

Animal gametes show advanced forms (Heterogamy) called (Oogamy). The male gametes are small and mobile and are called sperm, and the female gametes are large and immobile and are called ovum.

Myth 3 — The Fetus Exists Complete Without Stages

The Quranic Refutation of the Preformation Theory The Holy Qur’an’s precise description of the stages of embryo creation by mentioning a sequence of its growth stages is scientifically amazing, as proven by modern science. The Holy Qur’an’s refutation of the Preformation Theory and its description that the embryo is formed in stages and phases of growth, as revealed by modern science.

Quranic Verses on the Stages of Creation

Surah Al-Mu’minun 23:12-14 {And We have certainly created man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, then We made the clot into a lump of flesh, then We made the lump of flesh into bones, then We covered the bones with flesh, then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.}
Surah Al-Hajj {O mankind, if you are in doubt about the Resurrection - then indeed We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, then from a lump of flesh - formed and unformed - that We may make clear to you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child.}
Surah Nuh 71:13-14 {What is the matter with you that you do not have reverence for Allah? While He has created you in stages.}

fetch 55fce8118d25d459
fetch 55fce8118d25d459

Ibn Kathir — Tafsir of the Stages of the Fertilized Egg

fetch 4d2276f96f354069
fetch 4d2276f96f354069

{And He has created you in stages} — It was said: Its meaning is from a sperm-drop, then from Alaqah, then from a lump of flesh.

fetch 91e64a7e8f43fb6d
fetch 91e64a7e8f43fb6d

Tafsir Al-Jalalain {And He has created you in stages} — plural of tour, which is the state, a stage of sperm and a stage of a clot until the completion of the creation of man, and looking at his creation necessitates belief in his Creator.
Tafsir Al-Qurtubi {And He has created you in stages} — meaning He made for you in yourselves a sign indicating His Oneness. Ibn Abbas said {stages} meaning sperm, then a clot, then a lump of flesh; that is, stage after stage until the completion of creation, as mentioned in Surat Al-Mu’minoon. And the stage in the language: the time; meaning whoever did this and was able to do it is more deserving of your glorification.
Surah Az-Zumar 39:6 {He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is Allah, your Lord. To Him belongs the dominion. There is no god except Him. So how are you averted?}
Ibn Kathir — on “From a mixed sperm-drop” “Ibn Abbas said regarding the Almighty’s saying: {From a mixed sperm-drop}: meaning the man’s semen and the woman’s semen when they come together and mix, then it moves from one stage to another, from one state to another, and from one color to another.”

The scholars of interpretation said that the phrase “creation after creation” means that man goes through successive stages during the process of his creation, which the Qur’an has detailed in Surat Al-Mu’minun (12-14).

“This is what modern embryology revealed in the eighteenth century, confirming the Almighty’s saying: {And you will surely know its news after a time.}”

“This is the Holy Quran that was revealed to the illiterate Prophet with the conclusive argument in the seventh century AD.”

The Hadith of 42 Nights — Scientific Confirmation

Hadith — Narrated by Muslim The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:

(When forty-two nights pass over the sperm, Allah sends an angel to it, who shapes it and creates its hearing, sight, skin, flesh, and bones)

What the Noble Hadith Says He says that when 42 days have passed for the fetus, the fetus will have hearing, sight, skin and flesh. Consider, dear reader, the two points that I will raise regarding the miraculous nature of this noble hadith.

First, from the perspective of the noble hadith, it tells us about the development of the fetus in the womb.

fetch 89d59741eaf7e324
fetch 89d59741eaf7e324

A Key Scientific Fact This is what the belief of science was until the seventeenth century — until the scientist Hartsaker 1694 AD (1105 AH) thought the same thought at the beginning of the appearance of the microscope and thought that there is a complete fetus (dwarf) in the man’s sperm that continues to grow until it emerges from its mother’s womb.

And ten centuries before these — a thousand years before them — the Holy Quran was revealed confirming to the worlds that the fetus in its mother’s womb goes through stages of development as science has discovered today and that it continues to develop creation after creation and not as scientists previously believed.

fetch 3521de9c1629f3ab
fetch 3521de9c1629f3ab

Scientific Websites on the 42-Day Milestone

Scientists Confirm — The 42-Day Dividing Line Scientists have previously proven that the age of 42 days and beyond is a dividing line between the stage in which the fetus is not distinct, and the stage in which the fetus takes its human form. Therefore, we find on one of the websites concerned with fetal development their saying word for word:

fetch 1e32793cb5ec35d5
fetch 1e32793cb5ec35d5

Scientific Website — Fetal Development at 6 Weeks “During the sixth week after fertilization the unborn child can respond to local tactile stimulation by reflex movements. At the end of the sixth week, the unborn child is clearly recognizable as a human being by gross morphological observation.”

Another site states:

On Brainwaves at 43 Days “The brainwaves have been observed at 43 days. Dr. Stiff has noted that electroencephalographic waves have been obtained in forty-three to forty-five day old fetuses, and so conscious experience is possible after this date.”

Scientists confirm that the sixth week is the age at which the eye opening begins to appear, and this confirms the words of the Beloved: (Then He formed it and created its hearing and its sight). As for the eye, it appears clearly on day 42, and we find their saying according to the famous embryologist Keith Moore:

Keith Moore — Embryologist “The eye is obvious. About day 42 after fertilization.” — Moore, p. 99

After exactly 42 days have passed, the eye and ear begin to develop at an amazing speed, and they say:

Rugh, p. 52 — 7th Week After Conception “The eyes are developing rapidly, The ears are developing rapidly.” — 7th week after conception

That is, the ears and eyes develop rapidly during the seventh week (i.e. after 42 nights of conception), which means that by the end of the sixth week, the fetus takes on its human form. The heart beats at a rate of 40-80 beats per minute as measured with an electrocardiogram from 6-7 weeks after conception. The fetus’s heart begins to beat clearly from the sixth week.

fetch 534f8b15a7d5389e
fetch 534f8b15a7d5389e

fetch efe9ca14700186bf
fetch efe9ca14700186bf

Scientific Website — 6th Week (36–42 Days) “6th week 36-42 days: The embryo is about 1/5 of an inch in length. A primitive heart is beating. During the sixth week after fertilization the unborn child can respond to local tactile stimulation by reflex movements. At the end of the sixth week, the unborn child is clearly recognizable as a human being by gross morphological observation.”

https://www.sfuhl.org/k_appendix_1_sixth_week.htm

The Eternal Question The stages of fetal development have remained a great mystery that is being revealed day after day until today, in the twenty-first century, for the first time, the stages of human facial development are being photographed. The eternal question remains: How did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, know about this matter?

It is well known that the fetus remains in its mother’s womb for nine months (9 months) or at least six months (6 months). If the Prophet wanted to write an example, he would say that the fetus is fully developed in the fifth or seventh month. No person in this era would ever expect that as soon as the sperm passes through the womb, the fetus would form in the second month?!!

The woman does not show signs of pregnancy and her belly does not appear large during these days, so how did the illiterate prophet (PBUH) know that the fetus begins to mature at 42 days, i.e. after a month and a half of pregnancy? How could a man 1400 years ago realize this particular day in the life of the fetus, and modern science has not been able to know the development of fetuses except after the advancement of the mechanisms of endoscopy and supercomputers, in addition to the fact that scientists say that women may not even know that they are pregnant during this period and may not even realize that they are carrying a fetus

“It is believed that the majority of women do not realize that they are pregnant during the first six weeks after conception.” — 6th week after conception, Rugh, p. 54

https://www.sfuhl.org/k_appendix_1_sixth_week.htm

https://www.kaheel7.com/ar/index.php/2010-02-02-22-17-58/81-2010-02-26-13-01-14

معجزة نبوية ترد على الملحدين موسوعة علمية شاملة لأبحاث الإعجاز العلمي https://www.kaheel7.com/ar/index.php/2010-02-02-22-17-58/81-2010-02-26-13-01-14

Is There a Race Inside the Womb?

Is There a Race Inside the Womb? Yes, but is it possible that this statement came from the tongue of an illiterate man 1400 years ago?

The answer is yes: The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, says that there is a race inside the womb!

The Hadith on the Race — Text and Explanation

Hadith — On the Authority of Thawban (Narrated by Muslim, No. 315) On the authority of Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), who said: I was standing with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) when a Jewish rabbi came… He said: “I have come to ask you about the child.” He said:

(The man’s fluid is white, and the woman’s fluid is yellow. If they come together and the man’s semen overpowers the woman’s semen, they will be a male child, by Allah’s permission. If the woman’s semen overpowers the man’s semen, they will be a female child, by Allah’s permission.)

The Jew said: “Indeed you are right.”

Hadith — On Resemblance (Agreed Upon) On the authority of the Master of Creation (PBUH): “As for the child, if the man’s semen precedes the woman’s semen, the child will be born [male], and if the woman’s semen precedes the man’s semen, the child will be born [female]. The man’s semen is thick and white, and the woman’s semen is thin and yellow. Whichever of them is higher or higher, the resemblance will be from it.”
Scholarly Commentary on “Highness” and “Precedence” Al-Qurtubi said: The interpretation of the hadith of Thawban must be that what is meant by “highness” is “precedence.”

Ibn Hajar, may God have mercy on him, said that “precedence” is a sign of masculinity and femininity, and what is meant by “highness” here is “precedence.”

Ibn al-Qayyim — may Allah have mercy on him “The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was asked about the child’s resemblance to his father sometimes and to his mother sometimes, so he said (If the man’s semen precedes the woman’s semen, the resemblance is his, and if the woman’s semen precedes the man’s semen, the resemblance is hers) — agreed upon.”

As for what Muslim narrated in his Sahih that he said (If the man’s semen precedes the woman’s semen, the man will be male, Allah willing, and if the woman’s semen precedes the man’s semen, the man will be female, Allah willing), here we find that this hadith used the word “preceded” instead of “raised.” The word “preceded” means to advance or to take the lead in running and in everything. The two who are racing must have started from one place and are heading to one place. So when I say if Ahmad preceded Muhammad, then Ahmad and Muhammad must have started from one place and are racing in one direction. Hence, whoever says that what is meant by the woman’s semen in the hadith is vaginal secretions must clarify our understanding — the wrong word for “preceded” and how vaginal secretions precede the man’s semen and both are from different sources and what is the direction they compete for.

“If the man’s semen precedes the woman’s semen, a male will be born, God willing…etc… and as long as the hadith used the word ‘preceded’, this means that this semen came from one source and is heading to one source, which is the egg — and of course it is scientifically known that if the sperm that carries the male characteristic precedes in fertilizing the egg, the child will be male and the opposite is true.”

Scientific Explanation of Sex Determination

How Did the Prophet Know There is a Race Inside the Womb? It is known for certain, thanks to modern embryology equipment, that there is a race going on inside the womb between millions of sperm, and that it is a race similar to a treasure hunt, which is the egg, and that the race lasts for several hours, and there is only one winner, which is the male chromosome or the female chromosome. This race is like a real obstacle race, and the weak and exhausted sperm surrender. There are even obstacles in the race that help the possible number reach the egg, which is the carpet of wavy eyelashes. What is even worse and more serious is that these competitors have covered a distance between the Earth and the Moon, according to our scale.

So who taught Muhammad (PBUH) that there is a real race going on inside the woman’s womb?

You can know all this by watching the wonderful movie (Life before life).

The Scientific Explanation What is meant by the man’s semen here is the sex chromosome Y carried on the male sperm, and what is meant by the woman’s semen is the sex chromosome X carried on the male sperm.
  • If the sperm carrying the Y chromosome precedes the sperm carrying the X chromosome and fuses with the egg → the baby will be male.
  • If the sperm carrying the X chromosome precedes the sperm carrying the Y chromosome and fuses with the egg → the baby will be female.

Based on this, the gist of the hadith is that the gender of the fetus, whether male or female, depends on the man’s semen, which contains the sex chromosomes, on the basis of which the gender of the fetus is determined. This is what science has proven, and this is what the Chosen One, may God bless him and grant him peace, indicated when he used the word “precede”, which indicates the unity of the starting point.

Biology-Online.org — Sex Determination “A human’s sex is predetermined in the sperm gamete. The egg gamete mother cell is said to be homogametic, because all its cells possess the XX sex chromosomes. Sperm gametes are considered heterogametic because around half of them contain the X chromosome and others possess the Y chromosome to compliment the first X chromosome.”
On Sex Determination — Q&A “As you might have read before, all the cells in our bodies have 46 chromosomes which contain all the genetic make up of that person. 2 of these chromosomes are called the sex chromosomes (X and Y). When an adult male produces sperms, half of these would contain 22 chromosomes plus a Y chromosome… a 44XY will result and this would be a male child. If a 22X sperm fuses with the egg with 22X a baby with 44XX will result and this would be a female child.”
Additional Note on the Woman’s Role Of course, in the end, there is no problem with the woman’s high water contributing to the creation of a female child if God permits that — and there has been disagreement over the meaning of “high” — is it precedence, or true highness, or abundance and strength — and that even in the case of the woman’s high water, it affects the choice of male or female sperm, without having a major role. The matter goes back to the fact that the real influence is the man’s semen. Here, the woman contributes a secondary role, by preparing the conditions to receive the sperm. The acidic environment kills “Y” and keeps “X.” From the sperm, the baby’s gender will be female “XX.”

Not All of a Man’s Water Produces a Child

Hadith — Narrated in Sahih Muslim The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:

“A child does not come from every kind of water, and when God wants to create something, nothing can prevent Him.”

And on the authority of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was asked about coitus interruptus, and he said: “A child does not come from every kind of water, and when God wants to create something, nothing can prevent Him.”

Modern Science Confirms The Messenger of God (PBUH) informed us that not all of a man’s semen is used to produce a fetus. This is what science has proven — such that for fertilization to occur, only one male sperm out of three hundred million present in all the water containing it, in addition to the prostatic secretions and nutritional materials, is sufficient. So he pointed out that it is a part of it and not all of it for the child to be born.

fetch 9786070fec4a22cd
fetch 9786070fec4a22cd

Explaining the fact that only the sperm part of all the water is responsible for the formation of the child is one of the discoveries of modern science now!

The Quran on Male and Female from the Man’s Fluid

Surah An-Najm 53:45-46 {And that He created the two mates, the male and the female (45) from a sperm-drop when it is emitted}
Surah Al-Qiyamah 75:37-39 {Was he not a sperm-drop from emitted sperm (37) Then was he a clot, then He created and proportioned (38) And made from it the two mates, the male and the female}

fetch 0fb803b61f1b1f91
fetch 0fb803b61f1b1f91

The Quranic Miracle on Sex Determination So here God Almighty informed us that the sexual genetic material that distinguishes the genome of every human being into a female X or a male Y pair is present in the man’s semen in advance. {He created the two mates, the male and the female (45) from a sperm-drop when it is emitted} — and indeed this is what is proven in modern science, called:

X sperm female / Y sperm male

Is there any indication for the denier that it is the word of God more than this???

Dr. Keith L. Moore’s Testimony

Dr. Keith L. Moore — Biography Former President of the Society of Anatomists and Embryologists of Canada and America, and the Council of the Union of Life Sciences. Elected a member of the Royal Medical Society of Canada, the International Academy of Cell Sciences, the American Association of Anatomists, and the American Union of Anatomy. Co-authored several books in the field of clinical anatomy and embryology, including:
  • The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology
  • Clinically Oriented Anatomy
  • Essential Clinical Anatomy
Dr. Keith L. Moore “The interpretation of the Qur’anic verses relating to the formation of man was not possible in the seventh century AD, nor even a hundred years ago.”

“This proves to me that Muhammad must have been a messenger from God.”

Video — ISLAM MIRACLE’S QURAN EMBRYOLOGY — Dr. Keith L. Moore

Conclusion — The Scholars’ Certainty

Based on these clear scientific facts in both the Book of God Almighty and the Sunnah of His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, Muslim scholars were certain of them at a time when Western scholars were floundering in the darkness of myths and superstitions for ten whole centuries or more until they reached some primitive conception of those facts, and they did not complete their vision until the last decades of the twentieth century.

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — may Allah have mercy on him “Many anatomists claim that the man’s semen has no effect on the child except in its contraction, and that it is formed from menstrual blood, and the hadiths of this chapter invalidate that.”
Ibn al-Qayyim — may Allah have mercy on him — Al-Tibyan fi Ulum al-Qur’an “And the man’s semen alone does not produce a child unless it is mixed with another substance from the female.”
Final Conclusion This precedence in a number of scientific facts in both the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger — may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him — for all the knowledge acquired over ten centuries or more cannot be explained except by the fact that the Noble Qur’an is the word of Allah the Creator, and that this final Prophet and final Messenger are always connected and supported.