Figure 3, 4: These are two figures taken by microscope the one on the right shows the instant that the sperm touches the surface of the egg, the second figure shows the entrance of the sperm and the change of the membrane to prevent more sperm from entering.
The third stage:
After fertilization takes place the mixed male and female discharge of semen takes the shape of a small drop.
After that the small drop is divided inside it into many parts.
Quran:
The holy Quran describes this with the word “Amshag” which is a drop mixed of female and male semen.
Amshag means that the “Nutfah” is divided into many parts.
“Verily, We have created man from Nutfah drops of mixed semen (discharge of man and woman), in order to try him, so we made him hearer, seer.”
Quran: Surah Al-Insan verse 2
Modern science:
The drop of mixed semen is an entity created from many mixes which carry the characteristics of the ancestors and the descendants of every fetus.
-It’s divided into smaller parts called blastomeres.
- After 4 days morula is formed.
-After 5 days it forms into blastocyst.
So it is divided into cells but its appearance and nature is still a drop of mixed semen because it has a thick membrane surrounding it reserving its appearance.
The results of this stage:
1-The creation: The true beginning of human existence, the sperm carries 23 chromosomes as does the female’s fluid and together they make a new cell with 46 chromosomes which is the beginning of human creation.
2-Genetic Programming: After a few hours a new process begins which is the definition of the characteristics that will show in the fetus in the future.
Quran:
The Quran described the previous consecutive operations: the creation and the characterizing.
“Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! From what thing did He create him? From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then molded him in due proportion.”
Quran: Surah Abasa verse 17-19
3-Determination of the sex:
If the sperm that succeeds in fertilization carries chromosome Y then the fetus is male and if it carries chromosome X then it will be female.
The fourth and final stage:
The “Nutfah” stays moving until it sticks to the womb.
In the final stage it is planted inside the womb like a seed inside soil and it is 6 days old at this stage.
The Quran describes this stage:
“Thereafter we made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge) (and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman)”
Quran: Sura Al Mu’minun verse 13
For all the previous discoveries it was essential to use huge microscopes because “Nutfah” is so small and we can see how the Quran accurately described these stages 100’s of years before any microscope was invented