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acquiring the appearance of a leech. Compare the<br />
readily available Qur'anic knowledge with Man's<br />
struggle with scientific findings:<br />
In 1677, Hamm <strong>and</strong> Leeuwenhoek were the<br />
first scientists to observe human sperm cells<br />
(spermatozoa) through a microscope. They thought<br />
that a sperm cell contained a miniature human<br />
being which grew in the uterus to f<strong>or</strong>m a newb<strong>or</strong>n.<br />
This was known as the perf<strong>or</strong>ation the<strong>or</strong>y. When<br />
scientists discovered that the ovum was bigger than<br />
the sperm, it was thought by scientists like De Graf<br />
<strong>and</strong> others that the foetus existed in a miniature<br />
f<strong>or</strong>m in the ovum. Later, in the 18th century,<br />
Maupertuis propagated the the<strong>or</strong>y of biparental<br />
inheritance.<br />
The alaqah is transf<strong>or</strong>med into mudghah which<br />
means ‘something that is chewed (having teeth<br />
marks)’ <strong>and</strong> also something that is tacky <strong>and</strong> small<br />
which can be put in the mouth like gum. Both these<br />
explanations are scientifically c<strong>or</strong>rect. Prof. Keith<br />
Mo<strong>or</strong>e took a piece of plaster seal <strong>and</strong> made it into<br />
the size <strong>and</strong> shape of the early stage of foetus <strong>and</strong><br />
chewed it between the teeth to make it into a<br />
mudghah. He compared this with the photographs<br />
of the early stage of foetus. The teeth marks<br />
resembled the ‘somites’ which is the early f<strong>or</strong>mation<br />
of the spinal column.<br />
This mudghah is transf<strong>or</strong>med into bones (izâm).<br />
The bones are clothed with intact flesh <strong>or</strong> muscles<br />
(lahm). Then Allah makes it into another creature.